Fresh-Water Mollusks of Cretaceous Age from Montana and Wyoming.

Abstract

The paper presents a fresh-water molluscan assemblage found in the Kootenai formation southeast of Harlowton, Montana, which indicates that the enclosing bed is of fluviatile origin. Molluscan faunas from contemporary beds, such as the Cloverly formation of central Wyoming and the Peterson limestone in the Gannett group of western Wyoming, are compared with it. An account of 29 species of pelecypods and gastropods is given, of which 4 genera and 8 species of gastropods are herein described as new.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 26, 1952
Accession Number
ADA296486

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People

  • Teng-chien Yen

Organizations

  • United States Department of Energy

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  • Abstracts
  • Bibliographies
  • Brackish Water
  • Fossils
  • Fresh Water
  • Gastropoda
  • Geography
  • Geological Surveys
  • Geology
  • Habitats
  • Maryland
  • North America
  • Paleontology
  • Potomac River
  • Shell Scripts
  • Surface Plasmons
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Geology

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