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 | |
"Gervillia montanaensis" = Gervillaria montanaensis
"Gervillia montanaensis" = Gervillaria montanaensis Meek 1873 oyster | |
Gryphaea planoconvexa, "Ostrea strigilecula" = Liostrea strigilecula
Gryphaea planoconvexa Whitfield 1876 oyster
"Ostrea strigilecula" = Liostrea strigilecula White 1877 oyster | |
Lima occidentalis file clam | |
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Camptonectes platessiformis scallop
Camptonectes stygius White 1874 scallop | |
Corbula munda clam | |
Pronoella sp. Fischer 1887 clam | |
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa
"Pleuromya subcompressa" = Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa Meek 1873 clam | |
Pholadomya kingi clam | |
Astarte meeki Stanton 1899 clam |