USGS Mesozoic Loc. 3218 - Twin Creek Limestone: Bajocian, Utah
collected by H.T. Boutwell and J.M. Boutwell 1904
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte meeki
Stanton 1899
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Anthracosiidae
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Pleuromya subcompressa
(Meek 1873)
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original and current combination Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa | |||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Parallelodontidae
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Grammatodon haguei
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes sp.
Meek 1864
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Summit |
Coordinates: | 40.7° North, 111.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 32.7° North, 52.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
Stage: | Bajocian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 4 |
Key time interval: | Bajocian | ||
Age range of interval: | 170.90000 - 168.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Twin Creek Limestone | Member: | Sliderock | ||
Stratigraphy comments: First limestone above Nugget Sandstone |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
Collectors: | H.T. Boutwell and J.M. Boutwell | Collection dates: | 1904 |
Metadata
Database number: | 167119 | ||
Authorizer: | S. Holland | Enterer: | P. Monarrez |
Created: | 2015-03-07 14:13:30 | Last modified: | 2015-03-07 14:13:30 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-07 14:13:30 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
54548. | R. W. Imlay. 1967. Twin Creek Limestone (Jurassic) in the Western Interior of the United States. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 540:1-105 [S. Holland/P. Monarrez] |