USGS Mesozoic Loc. 28785 - Twin Creek Limestone (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: Lincoln County, Wyoming (42.0° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 50.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• From lower 50ft of 130 ft of exposed part of member.

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. W. Imlay in 1963; 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 167181: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 08.03.2015

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia weedi Stanton 1899 clam
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa Meek 1873 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Pronoella sp. Fischer 1887 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
? Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte meeki Stanton 1899 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea (Liostrea) strigilecula" = Liostrea strigilecula
"Ostrea (Liostrea) strigilecula" = Liostrea strigilecula White 1877 oyster
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae