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 | |
"Aviculopecten disjunctus n. sp." = Confusionella loczyi
"Aviculopecten disjunctus n. sp." = Confusionella loczyi Bittner 1901 pearl oyster | |
Pleuromya haydeniana n. sp.
Pleuromya haydeniana n. sp. Girty 1927 clam |