USGS 988c, Coal Canyon bed 9: Roadian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Heteropectinidae
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Aviculopecten phosphaticus n. sp.
Girty 1910
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| recombined as Vnigripecten phosphaticus | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Edmondiidae
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Edmondia phosphatica
Girty 1910
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Bivalvia
- Nuculida
- Nuculidae
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Nucula montpelierensis
Girty 1910
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| recombined as Nuculopsis montpelierensis | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Polidevciidae
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Leda obesa
(White 1879)
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| recombined as Polidevcia obesa | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Pleurotomaria aff. nevadensis
Walcott 1884
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| recombined as Ananias nevadensis | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming |
| Coordinates: | 42.3° North, 111.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 14.8° North, 32.2° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Permian | Epoch: | Guadalupian |
| Stage: | Roadian | 10 m.y. bin: | Permian 3 |
| Key time interval: | Roadian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 273.01000 - 266.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Phosphoria | Member: | Meade Peak |
| Local section: | Coal Canyon | Local bed: | 9 |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Hard dark-gray blocky limestone | |
| Environment: | offshore ramp |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 108911 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-05-08 15:05:22 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-05-08 15:05:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29695. | G. H. Girty. 1910. The fauna of the Phosphate beds of the Park City Formation. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 436:1-82 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |