Pleuromya subcompressa ASSEMBLAGE (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (44.0° N, 108.0° W: paleocoordinates 35.5° N, 48.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Rich Member (Twin Creek Limestone Formation), Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified lime mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace, original calcite

Collection methods: mechanical

Primary reference: R. P. Wright. 1974. Jurassic Bivalves from Wyoming and South Dakota: A study of feeding relationsips. Journal of Paleontology 48(3):425-433 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 36527: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 03.02.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Gervillia montanaensis" = Gervillaria montanaensis
"Gervillia montanaensis" = Gervillaria montanaensis Meek 1873 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea planoconvexa Whitfield 1876 oyster
"Ostrea strigilecula" = Liostrea strigilecula White 1877 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Pronoella sp. Fischer 1887 clam
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa Meek 1873 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte meeki Stanton 1899 clam