USGS Mesozoic Loc. 6639 - Twin Creek Limestone: Bajocian, Idaho
collected by T.W. Stanton 6639
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Quenstedtiidae
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Quenstedtia sp.
Morris 1854
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Tancrediidae
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? Tancredia sp.
Lycett 1850
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Idaho | County: | Bear Lake |
| Coordinates: | 42.1° North, 111.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 34.0° North, 51.5° 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: 200ft higher than locality 6638 |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "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: | T.W. Stanton | Collection dates: | 6639 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 167063 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Holland | Enterer: | P. Monarrez |
| Created: | 2015-03-06 19:23:53 | Last modified: | 2015-03-06 19:23:53 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-03-06 19:23:53 |
| 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] |