Blacktail Creek, MT-4 (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Montana (44.8° N, 112.3° W: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 33.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dinwoody Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: M. Fraiser. 2005. When Bivalves Took Over the World: Global Paleoecology of Bivalves During the Aftermath of the End-Permian Mass Extinction. [D. Bottjer/N. Bonuso/N. Bonuso]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44491: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Nicole Bonuso on 13.09.2004, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
Eumorphotis multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
? Claraia sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
Claraia mulleri Newell and Kummel 1942 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Promyalina sp. Kittl 1903 clam
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
? Unionites sp. Wissman 1841 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
"Spiriferina" sp. d'Orbigny 1847
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Orbicoelia sp. Waterhouse and Piyasin 1970
"Crurithyris"
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
""Terebratula" margaritowi" = Bittnerithyris margaritovi
""Terebratula" margaritowi" = Bittnerithyris margaritovi Bittner 1899
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula borealis" = Lingularia borealis
"Lingula borealis" = Lingularia borealis Bittner 1899