User:Abyssal/Invertebrates of the Morrison Formation

Bivalves

Name	Species	State	Member	Abundance	Notes
Hadrodon	H. jurassicus
	H. lateralis
	H. trigonus
Unio	U. baileyi				The species U. stewardi includes the subspecies U. stewardi utahensis.
	U. felchi
	U. irroides
	U. knighti
	U. lapilloides
	U. macropisthus
	U. mammilaris
	U. nucalis
	U. stewardi
	U. toxonotus
	U. willistoni
Vetulonaia	V. faberi
	V. mayoworthensis
	V. whitei

Crustaceans

Name	Species	State	Member	Abundance	Notes
Camborygma	C. litonomos	Colorado	Brushy Basin
Euestheria	E. tendagurensis	Colorado	Brushy Basin
Lioestheria	L. "sp. A"	Colorado Utah	Brushy Basin
	L. "sp. B"	Colorado Utah	Brushy Basin
	L. tendagurensis	Colorado	Brushy Basin
Nestoria	N. krasinetzi	Colorado	Brushy Basin

Gastropods

"Prosobranchia"

Name	Species	State	Member	Abundance	Notes
Amnicola	A. gilloides
	A. jurassica
Amplovalvata	A cyclostoma				The species A. scabrida includes the sub-species A. scabrida leei.
	A. reesidei
	A. scabrida
Lioplacodes	L. jurassicus
Liratina	L. jurassica
Mesoneritina	M. morrisonensis
"Pentagoniostoma"	P. altispiratum
Reesidella	R. gilloides
	R. jurassica
Tropidina	T. jurassica
Viviparus	V. morrisonensis
	V. reesidei

"Pulmonata"

Name	Species	State	Member	Abundance	Notes
Gyraulus	G. veternus
Limnopsis	L. jurassica
Lymnaea	L. ativuncula
	L. consortis
	L. morrisonensis
Mesauriculstra	M. accelerata				The species M. morrisonensis includes the sub-species M. morrisonensis ovalis.
	M. morrisonensis
Mesochilina	M. spiralis

Insects

Name	Species	State	Member	Abundance	Notes
Tektonargus	T. kollaspilus	Colorado	Brushy Basin	Five specimens were reported in the original description of the ichnogenus.

References

• Evanoff, E., Good, S.C., and Hanley, J.H., 1998, An overview of the freshwater mollusks from the Morrison Formation (Upper Jurassic, Western Interior, USA): Modern Geology, v. 22, nos. 1-4, p. 423-450.
• Hasiotis, S.T., Kirkland, J.I., and Callison, G., 1998, Crayfish fossils and burrows from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of western Colorado: Modern Geology, v. 22, nos. 1-4, p. 481-492.
• Hasiotis, S.T., Kirkland, J.I., Windscheffer, G.W., and Safris, C. 1998. Fossil caddisfly cases (Insecta: Trichoptera), Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation, Fruita Paleontological Area, Colorado: Modern Geology, v. 22, nos. 1-4, p. 493-502.
• Lucas, S.G., and Kirkland, J.I., 1998, Preliminary report on conchostraca from the Upper Jurasic Morrison Formation, western United States: in Carpenter, K., Chure, D.J., and Kirkland, J., eds., The Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation: An interdisciplinary study: Modern Geology, v. 22, p. 415-422