USGS Mesozoic Loc. 20977 - Twin Creek Limestone (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: Lincoln County, Wyoming (41.9° N, 110.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.9° N, 51.2° 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

Preservation: mold/impression

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 167095: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 07.03.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Pronoella sp. Fischer 1887 clam
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa Meek 1873 clam
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia weedi Stanton 1899 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
? Mactromya sp. Agassiz 1843 clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea planoconvexa Whitfield 1876 oyster
subsp. fraterna