USGS Mesozoic Loc. 28501 - Twin Creek Limestone: Bajocian, Idaho
collected by Yaacov Nir 1961
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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? Chlamys sp.
Röding 1798
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Idaho | County: | Bonneville |
Coordinates: | 43.4° North, 111.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 35.4° North, 51.7° 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 | ||
Stratigraphy comments: Float from nodular limestone at top of member. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | nodular "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: | Yaacov Nir | Collection dates: | 1961 |
Metadata
Database number: | 167035 | ||
Authorizer: | S. Holland | Enterer: | P. Monarrez |
Created: | 2015-03-06 15:32:42 | Last modified: | 2015-03-06 15:32:42 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-06 15:32:42 |
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] |