Star Canon, Humboldt (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Nevada (40.5° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 41.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. Homfray

• Repository: Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (ANSP)

Primary reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Triassic fossils of California and the adjacent territories. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:19-35 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142617: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
"Ammonites blakei n. sp." = Gymnotoceras blakei
"Ammonites blakei n. sp." = Gymnotoceras blakei Gabb 1864 ceratite
"Star City"
Bivalvia
  - Aviculidae
Avicula homfrayi n. sp. Gabb 1864 clam
"Star District"
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
"Posidonomya stella n. sp." = Posidonia stella
"Posidonomya stella n. sp." = Posidonia stella Gabb 1864 oyster
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
"Halobia (Daonella) dubia" = Daonella dubia
"Halobia (Daonella) dubia" = Daonella dubia Gabb 1864 oyster
 Pectinida - Monotidae
""Monotis" subcircularis" = Monotis (Entomonotis) subcircularis
""Monotis" subcircularis" = Monotis (Entomonotis) subcircularis Gabb 1864 scallop
"Star District"