Lander Sandstone Mbr. of the Bighorn Dolomite (Ordovician to of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (44.2° N, 106.8° W: paleocoordinates 10.5° S, 69.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Lander Sandstone Member (Bighorn Dolomite Formation), Edenian to Edenian (451.0 - 449.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

• medium to coarse grained quartz arenite

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: D. M. Rohr, R. B. Blodgett, and W.M. Furnish. 1992. Maclurina manitobensis (Whiteaves) (Ordovician Gastropoda): The largest known Paleozoic gastropod. Journal of Paleontology 66(6):880-884 [A. Miller/R. Krause/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13817: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Rich Krause on 29.04.2002

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Cephalopoda
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Cephalopoda indet. Cuvier 1797
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Macluritidae
Maclurina manitobensis Whiteaves 1890 snail