Where: Montana (45.8° N, 111.8° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 27.8° N, 32.3° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Shedhorn Formation, Capitanian (264.3 - 259.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: K.W. Ciriacks. 1963. Permian and Eotriassic bivalves of the middle Rockies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 125(1):1-100 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 105345: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Scaphellina phosphoriensis" = Scaphellina concinna
"Scaphellina phosphoriensis" = Scaphellina concinna Branson 1930 clam |