USGS Mesozoic Loc. 20972 - Twin Creek Limestone (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: Lincoln County, Wyoming (42.3° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 34.2° N, 51.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• 10ft below top and 80ft above base of member.

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R.W. Imlay in 1947; 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 167077: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 07.03.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea planoconvexa Whitfield 1876 oyster
subsp. fraterna
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
columnals