Where: Idaho (42.3° N, 111.2° W: paleocoordinates 14.9° N, 32.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Meade Peak Member (Phosphoria Formation), Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)
• Limestone number 4 in cut 4A; 6-inch limestone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. H. Girty. 1910. The fauna of the Phosphate beds of the Park City Formation. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 436:1-82 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 108903: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.05.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Gastropoda | |
"Pleurotomaria aff. nevadensis" = Ananias nevadensis
"Pleurotomaria aff. nevadensis" = Ananias nevadensis Walcott 1884 snail | |
"Naticopsis tayloriana n. sp." = Naticopsis (Naticopsis) tayloriana
"Naticopsis tayloriana n. sp." = Naticopsis (Naticopsis) tayloriana Girty 1910 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
"Yoldia mcchesneyana n. sp." = Palaeoneilo mcchesneyana
"Yoldia mcchesneyana n. sp." = Palaeoneilo mcchesneyana Girty 1910 clam | |
"Leda obesa" = Polidevcia obesa
"Leda obesa" = Polidevcia obesa White 1879 clam | |
"Nucula montpelierensis n. sp." = Nuculopsis montpelierensis
"Nucula montpelierensis n. sp." = Nuculopsis montpelierensis Girty 1910 nut clam | |
"Grammysia carbonaria n. sp." = Sanguinolites carbonaria
"Grammysia carbonaria n. sp." = Sanguinolites carbonaria Girty 1910 clam | |
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? Cardiomorpha sp. de Koninck 1844 clam | |
Schizodus ferrieri n. sp.
Schizodus ferrieri n. sp. Girty 1910 clam | |