Grandeur Member, Park City Formation of Wyoming: Leonardian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Trilobita
Trilobita indet. Walch 1771
Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Conocardium sp. Bronn 1835
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Knightites (Retispira) sp. (Knight 1945)
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites sp. Warthin 1930
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Pseudorthoceratidae
? Mooreoceras sp. Miller et al. 1933
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Aviculopecten girtyi Newell 1938
? Girtypecten sp. Newell 1938
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limipectinidae
Acanthopecten sp. Girty 1903
Acanthopecten cf. delawarensis (Girty 1908)
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Wilkingia sp. Wilson 1959
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Scaphellinidae
Scaphellina concinnus (Branson 1930)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus sp. King 1844
Schizodus bifidus Ciriacks 1963
Schizodus cf. wheeleri (Swallow 1863)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia sp. (Tschernyschev 1943)
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
entered as "Terpostomata"
Stenolaemata - Fenestrata
Fenestrata indet. (Elias and Condra 1957)
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Juresania sp. Fredericks 1928
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming
Coordinates: 43.0° North, 106.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:13.0° North, 28.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Cisuralian
10 m.y. bin: Permian 2
Key time interval: Leonardian
Age range of interval: 286.1 - 273.01 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Park City Member:Grandeur
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Coarsely Crystalline Limestone. Recrystallized from a grainy limestone.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Girtypecten, Conocardium, S. concinnus, Trilobites and Naticiform gastropod though to be older than Grandeur Member.
Gastropoda indet. is listed in literature as Naticiform gastropod.
Metadata
Database number:11231
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:C. Ferguson
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2001-07-27 11:28:00 Last modified:2006-07-13 15:33:59
Access level:the public Released:2001-07-27 11:28:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4145.1% 17920E. L. Yochelson and D. H. Van Sickle. 1968. Biostratigraphy of the Phosphoria, Park City, and Shedhorn Formations; Geology of Permian Rocks in the Western Phosphate Field. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 313(D):572-660 [A. Miller/C. Ferguson/P. Wagner]