USGS 991, Coal Canyon bed 14: Roadian, Wyoming
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Nuculanida
- Polidevciidae
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Leda obesa
(White 1879)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming |
Coordinates: | 42.3° North, 111.0° West (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 14.8° North, 32.2° West | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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 |
Local section: | Coal Canyon | Local bed: | 14 |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | gray lithified "limestone" |
Lithology description: Hard dark gray limestone | |
Environment: | offshore ramp |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 108919 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2011-05-08 15:27:33 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-05-08 15:27:33 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
29695. | G. H. Girty. 1910. The fauna of the Phosphate beds of the Park City Formation. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 436:1-82 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |