Where: Albany County County, Wyoming (41.6° N, 105.6° W: paleocoordinates 35.8° N, 50.0° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Redwater Shale Member (Sundance Formation), Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)
• 'Shirley stage' = Oxfordian in modern use. Inferred Redwater Shale Member of Sundance Formation
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by W. C. Knight
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• University of Wyoming, Casper
Primary reference: W. C. Knight. 1900. Some new Jurassic vertebrates. American Journal of Science, series 4 10:115-119 [R. Benson/R. Benson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 119283: authorized by Roger Benson, entered by Roger Benson on 22.10.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Reptilia | |
Baptanodon discus Marsh 1879 ichthyosaur | |
Plesiosaurus shirleyensis n. sp.
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Bivalvia | |
Camptonectes bellistriatus scallop | |
"Ostrea strigilecula" = Liostrea strigilecula
"Ostrea strigilecula" = Liostrea strigilecula White 1877 oyster |