Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member, Phosphoria Formation of Idaho: Roadian, Idaho

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Helicoprionidae
Helicoprion sp. Karpinsky 1899
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Orbiculoidea (cf. Orbiculoidea) cf. missouriensis (Shumard 1858)
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetes spp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetes ostiolatus Girty 1910
Chonetes cf. ostiolatus Girty 1910
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Cancrinella spp.
Cancrinella phosphatica (Girty 1910)
Cancrinella cf. phosphatica (Girty 1910)
Anidanthus echaris
Anidanthus cf. echaris
Anidanthus sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris arcuatus
Crurithyris cf. arcuatus
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
Neospirifer sp. Fredericks 1919
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
Rhynchopora cf. taylori Girty 1910
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Leiorhynchus weeksi
Leiorhynchus cf. weeksi
Leiorhynchus sp. Hall 1860
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Composita cf. subtilita (Hall 1852)
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata
Trepostomata indet. Ulrich 1882
entered as "Terpostomata"
Stenolaemata - Fenestrata
Fenestrata indet. (Elias and Condra 1957)
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
Babylonites sp. Yochelson 1956
Babylonites conoideus (Girty 1908)
Babylonites ferrieri (Girty 1908)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
? Worthenia sp. de Koninck 1883
Cephalopoda - Bactritida - Parabactritidae
Tabantaloceras sp. Shimanskiy 1954
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida
Belemnitida indets. Zittel 1895
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Paragastrioceratidae
Pseudogastrioceras spp. Spath 1936
Cephalopoda - Goniatitida - Adrianitidae
Adrianites sp. Gemmellaro 1887
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Aviculopecten cf. phosphaticus Girty 1910
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
Pseudomonotis sp. von Beyrich 1862
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria montpelierensis (Girty 1910)
Streblochondria cf. montpelierensis (Girty 1910)
Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus bifidus Ciriacks 1963
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia cf. phosphoriensis
Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae
Sanguinolites cf. carbonaria (Girty 1910)
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Palaeoneilo mcchesneyana (Girty 1910)
[entered as Paleoneilo mcchesneyana]
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia sp. (Tschernyschev 1943)
Polidevcia obesa (White 1879)
Polidevcia cf. obesa (White 1879)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis spp. Girty 1912
Nuculopsis montpelierensis (Girty 1910)
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
unclassified
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Scyphozoa - Conulariida
Conulariida indet. Miller and Gurley 1896
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Idaho
Coordinates: 44.0° North, 114.0° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:17.4° North, 32.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Guadalupian
Stage: Roadian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 3
Key time interval: Roadian
Age range of interval: 273.01 - 266.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Phosphoria Member:Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:phosphatic claystone
Secondary lithology:black "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: phosphatic claystone and dark, fine grained limestone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:11285
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:C. Ferguson
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2001-07-31 10:17:44 Last modified:2006-07-13 16:05:38
Access level:the public Released:2001-07-31 10:17:44
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]