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 | |
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa Meek 1873 clam | |
Gryphaea planoconvexa fraterna Imlay 1967 oyster | |
Cephalopoda | |
? Eocephalites sp. Imlay 1967 ammonite
Eocephalites primus Imlay 1967 ammonite |