USGS 988e, Coal Canyon bed 16 (Permian of the United States)
Where: Wyoming (42.3° N, 111.0° W: paleocoordinates 14.8° 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)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified, gray, sandy limestone
• Hard gray sandy 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 108913: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.05.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Lingulata | |
"Lingulodiscina missouriensis" = Orbiculoidea missouriensis
"Lingulodiscina missouriensis" = Orbiculoidea missouriensis Shumard 1858 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Pleurotomaria idahoensis n. sp." = Gosseletina idahoensis
"Pleurotomaria idahoensis n. sp." = Gosseletina idahoensis Girty 1910 snail | |
? Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Leda obesa" = Polidevcia obesa
"Leda obesa" = Polidevcia obesa White 1879 clam | |
"Nucula montpelierensis" = Nuculopsis montpelierensis
"Nucula montpelierensis" = Nuculopsis montpelierensis Girty 1910 nut clam | |
Schizodus ferrieri Girty 1910 clam | |
Ostracoda | |
Jonesina carbonifera Girty 1910 ostracod | |
""Cytherella" benniei" = Cavellina benniei
""Cytherella" benniei" = Cavellina benniei Jones et al. 1883 ostracod |