Where: Wyoming (43.5° N, 108.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 24.7° N, 27.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ervay Member (Park City Formation), Lopingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

• Davydov et al. 2017 dated an ash bed in the upper Meade Peak Member at 260.57 ± 0.07 / 0.14 / 0.31 Ma, indicating that the Meade Peak is as young as uppermost Capitanian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified 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 236346: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.09.2024

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