Lysite Mountain, 30 ft from top: Eocene, Wyoming
collected by JD Love 1944
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Helminthoglyptidae
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Glypterpes veternus
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Physidae
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Physa sp.
Draparnaud 1801
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Anisus cirrus
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Menetus cf. vetulus
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Australorbis utahensis
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Australorbis spectabilis
(Meek 1860)
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Gastropoda
- Amnicolidae
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Charydrobia sp.
Stache
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Wyoming | County: | Hot Springs |
Coordinates: | 43.6° North, 107.6° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 46.6° North, 94.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Key time interval: | Eocene | ||
Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: formation not given, but is said to be reported in Tourtelot in prep. on NE part of Wind River Basin; mollusks obtained from uppermost part of the stratigraphic section |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis | ||
Collectors: | JD Love | Collection dates: | 1944 |
Metadata
Database number: | 197776 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd |
Created: | 2018-11-25 20:36:20 | Last modified: | 2018-11-25 20:36:20 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-11-25 20:36:20 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
67430. | T.-C. Yen. 1946. Eocene Nonmarine Gastropods from Hot Spring County, Wyoming. Journal of Paleontology 20(5):495-5000 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |