USGS Mesozoic Loc. 20963 - Twin Creek Limestone (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: Sublette County, Wyoming (42.3° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 50.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Rich Member (Twin Creek Limestone Formation), Late/Upper Bajocian (171.6 - 167.7 Ma)

• Upper 30 ft of Rich Member, from 305 to 335 ft above base of formation.

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 167171: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 08.03.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Arcida - Arcidae
? Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia elegantissima, "Myophorella (Promyophorella) montanaensis" = Trigonia montanaensis
"Myophorella (Promyophorella) montanaensis" = Trigonia montanaensis Meek 1873 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte meeki Stanton 1899 clam
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia weedi Stanton 1899 clam
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Cercomya punctata Stanton 1899 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa Meek 1873 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Pronoella sp. Fischer 1887 clam
 Cardiida - Quenstedtiidae
Quenstedtia sp. Morris 1854 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Otoitidae
Parachondroceras filicostatum Imlay 1967 ammonite