Wind River Mountains (Lower Chert) (Permian of the United States)

Also known as Bull Lake

Where: Wyoming (43.2° N, 109.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 17.3° N, 31.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

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 87155: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia gibbosa Swallow 1858 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Pleurophorus pinnaformis n. sp. Branson 1930 clam
 Trigoniida - Scaphellinidae
"Schizodus concinnus n. sp." = Scaphellina concinna
"Schizodus concinnus n. sp." = Scaphellina concinna Branson 1930 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus canalis Branson 1930 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
? Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Euphemus carbonarius" = Euphemites carbonarius
"Euphemus carbonarius" = Euphemites carbonarius Cox 1857 snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
"Plagioglypta canna" = Prodentalium canna
"Plagioglypta canna" = Prodentalium canna White 1874 tusk shell