Where: Wyoming (43.4° N, 109.5° W: paleocoordinates 14.4° N, 31.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Ervay Member (Park City Formation), Lopingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)
• Davydov et al. 2017 dated an ash bed in the upper Meade Peak Member at 260.57 ± 0.07 / 0.14 / 0.31 Ma, indicating that the Meade Peak is as young as uppermost Capitanian.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the AMNH
Primary reference: K.W. Ciriacks. 1963. Permian and Eotriassic bivalves of the middle Rockies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 125(1):1-100 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 105344: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Schizodus phosphoriensis" = Scaphellina concinna
"Schizodus phosphoriensis" = Scaphellina concinna Branson 1930 clam | |
Schizodus bifidus Ciriacks 1963 clam | |
Vacunella elongata Ciriacks 1963 clam | |
Cyrtorostra varicostata Branson 1930 scallop |