Where: Alaska (59.3° N, 151.8° W: paleocoordinates 4.8° N, 79.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• Peninsular Terrane
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; 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 100925: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Halobia dilatata Kittl 1912 oyster
Halobia lineata Muenster 1833 oyster | |
Monotis (Pacimonotis) subcircularis Gabb 1864 scallop
Monotis (Monotis) alaskana Smith 1927 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Steinmannites sp. Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite |