Wind River Mountains (Top Limestone) (Permian of the United States)

Also known as Bull Lake

Where: Wyoming (43.2° N, 109.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 27.8° N, 30.7° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ervay Member (Park City Formation), Lopingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

• Davydov et al. 2017 dated an ash bed in the upper Meade Peak Member at 260.57 ± 0.07 / 0.14 / 0.31 Ma, indicating that the Meade Peak is as young as uppermost Capitanian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: University of Missouri

Primary reference: C. C. Branson. 1930. Paleontology and stratigraphy of the Phosphoria Formation. Missouri University Studies 5(2):1-99 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87153: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Liroceratidae
"Coloceras sp." = Liroceras
"Coloceras sp." = Liroceras Teichert 1940
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
"Pleurotomaria robusta" = Eirlysia robusta
"Pleurotomaria robusta" = Eirlysia robusta Branson 1930 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
"Euphemus subpapillosus" = Euphemitopsis subpapillosa
"Euphemus subpapillosus" = Euphemitopsis subpapillosa White 1876 snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
"Plagioglypta monolineata" = Prodentalium canna
"Plagioglypta monolineata" = Prodentalium canna White 1874 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
"Myalina sinuata n. sp." = Myalina (Myalina) sinuata
"Myalina sinuata n. sp." = Myalina (Myalina) sinuata Branson 1930 clam
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
"Aviculopecten landerensis n. sp." = Leptochondria curtocardinalis
"Aviculopecten landerensis n. sp." = Leptochondria curtocardinalis Hall and Whitfield 1877 scallop
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
"Cyrtorostra sexradiata n. sp." = Cassianoides sexcostatus, "Deltopecten vanvleeti" = Heteropecten vanvleeti
"Cyrtorostra sexradiata n. sp." = Cassianoides sexcostatus Stuckenberg 1898 scallop
"Deltopecten vanvleeti" = Heteropecten vanvleeti Beede 1902 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Obliquipecten sp., Aviculopecten sp.
Obliquipecten sp. Hind 1903 scallop
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Pectinida - Deltopectinidae
Cyrtorostra varicostata n. sp.
Cyrtorostra varicostata n. sp. Branson 1930 scallop
 Trigoniida - Costatoriidae
"Deltopecten sexradiata" = Procostatoria sexradiata
"Deltopecten sexradiata" = Procostatoria sexradiata Branson 1930 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
"Pleurophorus pricei n. sp." = Permophorus pricei
"Pleurophorus pricei n. sp." = Permophorus pricei Branson 1930 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Pennospiriferinidae
"Spiriferina pulchra" = Xestotrema pulchrum
"Spiriferina pulchra" = Xestotrema pulchrum Meek 1860
 Terebratulida - Gillediidae
"Composita quadricostata n. sp." = Hemiptychina quadricostata
"Composita quadricostata n. sp." = Hemiptychina quadricostata Branson 1930
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma phosphoriensis
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Meekellidae
Meekella rotunda
Meekella rotunda Branson 1930
 Productida - Aulostegidae
"Aulosteges hispidus" = Sphenosteges hispidus
"Aulosteges hispidus" = Sphenosteges hispidus Girty 1920
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp., "Lingulidiscina ? missouriensis" = Orbiculoidea missouriensis
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
"Lingulidiscina ? missouriensis" = Orbiculoidea missouriensis Shumard 1858
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
"Polypora" sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
"Fenestella" sp.
"Fenestella" sp. Lonsdale 1839
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Conularia ? crustula
Conularia ? crustula White 1880 jellyfish