USGS M1879 Kuskokwim River (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Alaska (61.6° N, 160.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 68.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• bed-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 100927: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Monotidae