Owl Creek Mountains (Lower Chert) (Permian of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (43.5° N, 108.7° W: paleocoordinates 14.3° N, 29.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Grandeur Member (Park City Formation), Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: University of Missouri

Primary reference: C. C. Branson. 1930. Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Phosphoria Formation. Missouri University Studies 5(2):1-99 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 236332: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.09.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
"Plagioglypta canna" = Prodentalium canna
"Plagioglypta canna" = Prodentalium canna White 1874 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Scaphellinidae
"Schizodus concinnus" = Scaphellina concinna
"Schizodus concinnus" = Scaphellina concinna Branson 1930 clam