Unit 10, Lower Slide Lake: Bajocian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia dolabrata
Gervillia montanaensis Meek 1873
recombined as Gervillaria montanaensis
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna kingi
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea planoconvexa Whitfield 1876
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Camptonectes platessiformis
Bivalvia - Arcida - Cucullaeidae
? Idonearca haguei
spelled with current rank as Cucullaea (Idonearca)
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia quadrangularis
Trigonia americana
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte meeki Stanton 1899
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Pleuromya subcompressa (Meek 1873)
original and current combination Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa
Bivalvia - Thraciida - Thraciidae
Thracia weedi Stanton 1899
Bivalvia - Pandorida - Laternulidae
Cercomya punctata Stanton 1899
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Homomya gallatinensis Stanton 1899
Pholadomya kingi
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Sphaeroceratidae
Chondroceras sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Teton
Coordinates: 43.6° North, 110.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.5° North, 50.5° 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
Member:B
Stratigraphy comments: Unit 10, Member B of unknown formation name, equivalent to Twin Creek Limestone and Sundance Formation. 35ft. thick.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray argillaceous "limestone"
Lithology description: Limestone, mostly shaly, fairly soft, some beds from 4 to 10 inches thick, dark gray to grayish black.
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:172981
Authorizer:S. Holland Enterer:P. Monarrez
Modifier:P. Monarrez
Created:2015-09-06 15:12:15 Last modified:2015-09-06 15:31:37
Access level:the public Released:2015-09-06 15:12:15
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
56245. R. W. Imlay. 1956. Interpretations of the Marine Jurassic Fossil Record at Lower Slide Lake, Teton County, Wyoming. Wyoming Geological Association 11th Annual Field Conference Guidebook 70-71 [S. Holland/P. Monarrez]