USGS Mesozoic Loc. 27729 - Twin Creek Limestone (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: Lincoln County, Wyoming (42.4° N, 111.0° W: paleocoordinates 34.3° N, 51.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sliderock Member (Twin Creek Limestone Formation), Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

• Upper part of member.

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by N. F. Sohl in 1960; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: R. W. Imlay. 1967. Twin Creek Limestone (Jurassic) in the Western Interior of the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 540:1-105 [S. Holland/P. Monarrez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167071: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 06.03.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa Meek 1873 clam
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae
? Eocephalites sp. Imlay 1967 ammonite
Eocephalites primus Imlay 1967 ammonite