Lysite Mountain, 40 ft from top: Eocene, Wyoming
collected by JD Love 1944

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Menetus cf. vetulus
Anisus cirrus
Australorbis spectabilis (Meek 1860)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Physidae
Physa cf. bridgerensis
Physa cf. pleromatis
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
Lymnaea similis
Lymnaea cf. vetus
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Vertiginidae
Vertigo arenula
Vertigo atavuncula
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:197777
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Created:2018-11-25 20:36:36 Last modified:2018-11-25 20:36:36
Access level:the public Released:2018-11-25 20:36:36
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]