Crystal Creek, Teton County (Permian of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (43.6° N, 110.4° W: paleocoordinates 15.3° N, 32.0° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Franson Member (Phosphoria Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 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.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: K.W. Ciriacks. 1963. Permian and Eotriassic bivalves of the middle Rockies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 125(1):1-100 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95417: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.04.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
"Aviculopecten cf. gryphus" = Heteropecten gryphus
"Aviculopecten cf. gryphus" = Heteropecten gryphus Newell 1938 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
? Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster
 Trigoniida - Costatoriidae
"Costatoria ? sexradiata" = Procostatoria sexradiata
"Costatoria ? sexradiata" = Procostatoria sexradiata Branson 1930 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"? Schizodus cf. oklahomensis" = Lyroschizodus oklahomensis
"? Schizodus cf. oklahomensis" = Lyroschizodus oklahomensis Beede 1907 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Celtoides unioniformis Newell 1957 clam