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 | |
Grammatodon haguei clam | |
? Barbatia sp. Gray 1842 clam | |
Pinna kingi oyster | |
Myophorella (Haidaia) yellowstonensis Imlay 1964 clam | |
Trigonia elegantissima, "Myophorella (Promyophorella) montanaensis" = Trigonia montanaensis
"Myophorella (Promyophorella) montanaensis" = Trigonia montanaensis Meek 1873 clam | |
Astarte (Coelastarte) livingstonensis Imlay 1964 clam
Astarte meeki Stanton 1899 clam | |
Thracia weedi Stanton 1899 clam | |
Cercomya punctata Stanton 1899 clam | |
Corbula cf. munda clam | |
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa Meek 1873 clam | |
Pronoella sp. Fischer 1887 clam | |
Quenstedtia sp. Morris 1854 clam | |
Protocardia cf. schucherti cockle | |
Cephalopoda | |
Parachondroceras filicostatum Imlay 1967 ammonite |