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

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
"Lingulodiscina missouriensis" = Orbiculoidea missouriensis
"Lingulodiscina missouriensis" = Orbiculoidea missouriensis Shumard 1858
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria idahoensis n. sp." = Gosseletina idahoensis
"Pleurotomaria idahoensis n. sp." = Gosseletina idahoensis Girty 1910 snail
 Pseudomelanoidea - Pseudomelaniidae
? Pseudomelania sp. Pictet and Campiche 1862 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
"Leda obesa" = Polidevcia obesa
"Leda obesa" = Polidevcia obesa White 1879 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula montpelierensis" = Nuculopsis montpelierensis
"Nucula montpelierensis" = Nuculopsis montpelierensis Girty 1910 nut clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus ferrieri Girty 1910 clam
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Kloedenellidae
Jonesina carbonifera Girty 1910 ostracod
 Platycopida - Cavellinidae
""Cytherella" benniei" = Cavellina benniei
""Cytherella" benniei" = Cavellina benniei Jones et al. 1883 ostracod