D255. 4.3 miles west-southwest of Continental Oil Co. refinery at Glenrock: Campanian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Mactridae
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Cymbophora sp.
Gabb 1869
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Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Thraciidae
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Thracia sp.
Blainville 1824
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucina sp.
Bruguière 1797
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Thyasiridae
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Thyasira rostrata
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Inoceramus subcompressus
Meek and Hayden 1860
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unclassified
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Pyriporidae informal bryozoa
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pteriidae
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Pteria sp.
Scopoli 1777
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Ostrea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Placenticeratidae
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Placenticeras cf. intercalare
(Meek and Hayden 1860)
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Baculitidae
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Baculites aff. taylorensis
Adkins 1929
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Baculites perplexus n. sp.
Cobban 1962
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Scaphitidae
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Hoploscaphites gilli
Cobban and Jeletzky 1965
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Scaphites sp.
Parkinson 1811
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Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium gracile
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming |
| Coordinates: | 42.8° North, 106.0° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.2° North, 73.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Campanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 7 |
| Key time interval: | Campanian | Ammonoid zone: | Baculites perplexus |
| Age range of interval: | 83.6 - 72.1 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Steele |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "shale" |
| Environment: | offshore |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 233961 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2024-03-09 18:51:46 | Last modified: | 2024-04-28 21:12:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2024-03-09 18:51:46 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 87774. | W. A. Cobban. 1962. Baculites from the Lower Part of the Pierre Shale and Equivalent Rocks in the Western Interior. Journal of Paleontology 36(4):704-718 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |