Where: Alaska (56.9° N, 133.9° W: paleocoordinates 1.8° N, 72.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Hound Island Volcanics Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• Alexander Terrane
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: N. J. Silberling, J. A. Grant-Mackie, and K. M. Nichols. 1997. The Late Triassic bivalve Monotis in accreted terranes of Alaska. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 2151:1-21 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 100921: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Monotis (Eomonotis) ? pinensis Westermann 1962 scallop | |
Halobia cf. fallax Mojsisovics 1874 oyster |