Sawtooth Formation
57 distinct taxa, from 183 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 171–165 Mya.
Montana, Wyoming · US
57 taxa · 183 fossils · 171–165 MyaFiled under the Ellis Group. Members recorded: Upper Siltstone, Middle Shale, Lower Sandstone.
Macrostrat places this rock in the Ellis Group. Macrostrat’s own record
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14 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
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What has been found
- Myacites (Pleuromya) subcompressa
- Cobbanites
- Camptonectes stygius
- Arctocephalites (Cranocephalites) sawtoothensis
- Meleagrinella curta
- Pinna
- Arctocephalites
- Camptonectes
- Gryphaea
- Ostrea
- Pholadomya
- Belemnitida
- Modiolus
- Protocardia
- Trigonia montanaensis
- Arctocephalites (Cranocephalites) maculatus
- Astarte
- Trigonia
- Anatina (Cercomya) punctata
- Gastropoda
- Lucina
- Stemmatoceras arcicostum
- Tancredia
- Arctocephalites (Cranocephalites) gracilis
- Astarte meeki
- Chondroceras
- Cucullaea (Idonearca)
- Grammatodon
- Inoceramus
- Oxytoma
- Parachondroceras andrewsi
- Sohlites spinosus
- Stemmatoceras
- Arcticoceras
- Arctocephalites (Cranocephalites)
- Arctocephalites (Cranocephalites) platynotus
- Arctocephalites saypoensis
- Brachiopoda
- Capillirhynchia gallatinensis
- Chlamys
The 40 most often recorded, of 57.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.