USGS Mesozoic Loc. 21621 - Twin Creek Limestone (Jurassic of the United States)

Where: Duchesne County, Wyoming (40.4° N, 110.8° W: paleocoordinates 33.0° N, 52.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Boundary Ridge Member (Twin Creek Limestone Formation), Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• From brown limestone 3-4 ft below massive oolitic limestone at base of Watton Canyon Member.

Environment/lithology: marine; brown limestone

• Brown limestone.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. W. Imlay and John Mcintyre in 1949; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167250: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 09.03.2015

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Pronoella sp. Fischer 1887 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte meeki Stanton 1899 clam