Where: Idaho (42.3° N, 111.2° W: paleocoordinates 14.9° N, 32.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Meade Peak Member (Phosphoria Formation), Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)
• Limestone above 10-foot phosphatic shales above limestone number 4 in cut 4A
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. H. Girty. 1910. The fauna of the Phosphate beds of the Park City Formation. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 436:1-82 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 108900: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.05.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Aviculopecten montpelierensis" = Streblopteria montpelierensis
"Aviculopecten montpelierensis" = Streblopteria montpelierensis Girty 1910 scallop |