Hot Springs, Bear Lake, Bear Lake County (Permian of the United States)

Where: Idaho (42.1° N, 111.3° W: paleocoordinates 14.8° N, 32.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Meade Peak Member (Phosphoria Formation), Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, phosphatic shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: K.W. Ciriacks. 1963. Permian and Eotriassic bivalves of the middle Rockies. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 125(1):1-100 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105282: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 18.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis "sp. c" Girty 1912 nut clam
Nuculopsis montpelierensis Girty 1910 nut clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus ferrieri Girty 1910 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia phosphatica Girty 1910 clam
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
"Aviculopecten phosphaticus" = Vnigripecten phosphaticus
"Aviculopecten phosphaticus" = Vnigripecten phosphaticus Girty 1910 scallop