USGS 19156-PC: Chesterian, Wyoming

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Strophomenida
Strophomenida indet. Opik 1934
orthotetoid gen. et sp. indet.
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Inflatia lovei
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
? Antiquatonia sp. Miloradovich 1945
Diaphragmus nivosus Gordon 1975
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Choristitidae
Brachythyrina washakiensis
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita poposiensis
Composita aff. laevis Weller 1914
Cleiothyridina atrypoides
ssp. saginata
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria depressa Easton 1962
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
? Reticulariina sp. Fredericks 1916
Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae
Astartella sp. Hall 1858
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wyoming County:Teton
Coordinates: 43.9° North, 110.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.9° North, 39.9° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Mississippian
10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 2-3
*Period:Early/Lower Carboniferous *Local age/stage:Chesterian
Key time interval:Chesterian
Age range of interval:335.80000 - 323.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Amsden Member:Horseshoe
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Limestone and shale about 20-30 ft above base of Amsden Fm.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red lithified silty,sandy,calcareous "shale"
Secondary lithology:gypsiferous,shelly/skeletal "limestone"
Lithology description: horseshoe: predominantly fissile, platy or blocky siltstone, shale, and mudstone. weathers bright red to grayish red or purple. thin beds and lenses of platy, white to red, fine grained, commonly calcareous quartz sandstone occur sporadically throughout member. thin beds of silty, sandy, or argillaceous limestone are rare in central wy, significant proportion in western wy. dolomite is a rare constituent. limestone beds are either fine grained and unfossiliferous or fine to medium grained and contain a shelly fauna. anhydrite and gypsum present at several localities. represents offshore marine facies of the transgressing amsden sea.

Environment:offshore Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: "Collected by J.D. Love and H.R. Bergquist, 1945."
Metadata
Also known as:Sando et al. Soda Creek Loc.41
Database number:5714
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:C. Visaggi Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-11-17 11:56:03 Last modified:2004-03-11 16:25:11
Access level:the public Released:1999-11-17 11:56:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

349. W. J. Sando, M., J.r. Gordon, and J. T. Dutro. 1975. Stratigraphy and geologic history of the Amsden Formation (Mississippian and Pennsylvanian) of Wyoming. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 848A:1-83 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/P. Wagner]