Eagle Creek unit 5 (Triassic of the United States)
Where: Oregon (44.9° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 21.6° N, 52.1° W)
When: Martin Bridge Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, fine-grained, argillaceous limestone and lithified, calcareous shale
• Limestone, thin-bedded, fine-grained, argillaceous, grades upward into bituminous, calcareous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. D. Stanley, Jr. 1979. Paleoecology, structure, and distribution of Triassic coral buildups in western North America. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 65:1-68 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 100509: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 09.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Bivalvia | |
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Halobia sp. Bronn 1830 oyster | |
| Cephalopoda | |
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Ammonoidea indet. Zittel 1884 ammonite | |