USGS Mesozoic Loc. 28586 - Twin Creek Limestone: Bajocian, Idaho
collected by M.H. Staatz 1961
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Ostrea (Liostrea) strigilecula
(White 1877)
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| recombined as Liostrea strigilecula | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes sp.
Meek 1864
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Nerineidae
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Cossmannea sp.
Pcelincev 1931
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Idaho | County: | Teton |
| Coordinates: | 43.6° North, 111.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 35.6° North, 51.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Middle Jurassic |
| Stage: | Bajocian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 4 |
| Key time interval: | Bajocian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 170.90000 - 168.20000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Twin Creek Limestone | Member: | Sliderock |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Fine-grained medium-gray limestone | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | M.H. Staatz | Collection dates: | 1961 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 167032 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Holland | Enterer: | P. Monarrez |
| Modifier: | P. Monarrez | ||
| Created: | 2015-03-06 15:00:09 | Last modified: | 2015-03-06 15:24:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-06 15:00:09 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 54548. | 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] |