USGS 2769 Grizzly Peak (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Shasta County, California (41.1° N, 121.9° W: paleocoordinates 18.7° N, 56.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Modin Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• "Formation not given, ?Modin Formation (based on lithology)"

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: P. R. Hoover. 1991. Late Triassic cyrtinoid spiriferinacean brachiopods from western North America and their biostratigraphic and biogeographic implications. Bulletins of American Paleontology 100(337):63-109 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101373: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.12.2010

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spondylospiridae