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Inoceramus perplexus

Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Myalinida
Family: Inoceramidae
Genus: Inoceramus
Species: Inoceramus perplexus Whitfield, 1880

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Geological Range

Inoceramus perplexus Zone: Upper Turonian

Turonian to Campanian

Paleogeographic Distribution

Texas to Montana

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Campanian: Pierre Shale (MT)
Turonian: Carlile Shale (SD); Carlile Shale (Turner Sandy Member) (SD); Carlile Shale (WY); Chispa Summit Formation (TX); Frontier Formation (WY); Mancos Shale (CO); Mancos Shale (Juana Lopez Member) (NM); Mancos Shale (Semilla Sandstone Member) (NM); Montezuma Valley Formation (CO)
Unknown Stage: Carlile Shale (SD); Niobrara Formation (CO); Pierre Shale (WY)