Big Popo Agie Canyon, near Lander: Roadian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
denticles
Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Ctenacanthus browni n. sp. Branson 1916
recombined as Acondylacanthus browni
Ctenacanthus obscuracostatus n. sp. Branson 1916
Cladodus occidentalis Leidy 1859
recombined as Glikmanius occidentalis
Chondrichthyes
Eunemacanthus keytei Branson 1916
Chondrichthyes - Cochliodontiformes - Cochliodontidae
Cochliodontidae indet. Owen 1867
Deltodus mercurii (Newberry 1876)
original and current combination Deltodus mercurei
Chondrichthyes - Chimaeriformes
Crassidonta stuckenbergi Branson 1916
Only "Popo Agie" given
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae
Janassa unguicula Eastman 1903
Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Petalodontidae
Janassa unguiformis (St John and Worthen 1870)
original and current combination Peltodus unguiformis
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea utahensis (Meek 1877)
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon bellus Keyes 1894
synonym of Retispira textiliformis
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
Plagioglypta canna (White 1874)
recombined as Prodentalium canna
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Leda bellistriata Stevens 1858
recombined as Polidevcia bellistriata
Nucula perumbonata White 1880
recombined as Phestia perumbonata
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula pulchella Branson 1930
synonym of Nuculopsis poposiensis
? Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
? Pleurophorus sp. King 1844
replaced by Permophorus
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Freemont
Coordinates: 42.7° North, 108.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.1° North, 30.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Permian Epoch:Guadalupian
Stage:Roadian 10 m.y. bin:Permian 3
Key time interval:Roadian
Age range of interval:273.01000 - 266.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Phosphoria Member:Meade Peak
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Lower Embar" Formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:phosphatic lithified "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:128880
Authorizer:P. Wagner, M. Clapham Enterer:P. Wagner, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate,vertebrate
Created:2012-06-17 14:51:19 Last modified:2013-08-01 12:29:20
Access level:the public Released:2012-06-17 14:51:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

36931. E. B. Branson. 1916. The Lower Embar of Wyoming and Its Fauna. The Journal of Geology 24(7):639-664 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

17143 W.F.E. Gurley. 1883. New Carboniferous fossils. Gurley Bulletin 1:1-9 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]