Where: Wyoming (43.3° N, 110.0° W: paleocoordinates 15.5° N, 31.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Shedhorn Formation), Wordian (266.9 - 264.3 Ma)
• Unnamed lower member
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone and limestone
Preservation: replaced with silica
Reposited in the AMNH
• University of Wyoming Museum
Primary reference: N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1995. Pectinoid bivalves of the Permian-Triassic crisis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 227:1-95 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 61949: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 08.07.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Euphemitopsis ? multinodosa Yochelson 1960 snail | |
Shedhornia ornata n. gen. n. sp.
Shedhornia ornata n. gen. n. sp. Kulas and Batten 1997 snail | |
? Orthonema sp. Meek and Worthen 1862 snail |