Mole Harbor, Admiralty Island (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Alaska (57.7° N, 134.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° S, 71.8° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

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 100922: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.12.2010, edited by Hannah Shepherd

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Monotidae
Monotis (Monotis) alaskana Smith 1927 scallop
Monotis (Entomonotis) cf. ochotica Keyserling 1848 scallop
densistriata