USGS 7306i green, Cokeville Butte (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (42.1° N, 110.9° W: paleocoordinates 12.1° N, 34.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Thaynes Formation, Olenekian (251.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. H. Girty. 1927. Descriptions of new species of Carboniferous and Triassic fossils (from southeastern Idaho). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 152:411-446 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 108749: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.05.2011, edited by Lindy Edwards

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
"Aviculopecten disjunctus n. sp." = Confusionella loczyi
"Aviculopecten disjunctus n. sp." = Confusionella loczyi Bittner 1901 pearl oyster
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya haydeniana n. sp. Girty 1927 clam