USGS Mesozoic Loc. 20965 - Twin Creek Limestone (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: Lincoln County, Wyoming (41.9° N, 110.9° W: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 50.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• 38-40 ft above base of member and 210ft above base of formation

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 167187: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 08.03.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa Meek 1873 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte meeki Stanton 1899 clam