Montpelier Canyon, upper shale member (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Idaho (43.3° N, 111.3° W: paleocoordinates 12.6° N, 34.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Columbites ammonoid zone, Thaynes Formation, Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Kummel. 1953. American Triassic coiled nautiloids. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 250:1-104 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 110958: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 16.06.2011, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida -
"Nordophiceras pilatum" = Bajarunia pilata
"Nordophiceras pilatum" = Bajarunia pilata Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae
Subvishnuites sp. Spath 1930 ceratite
 Ceratitida -
"Nordophiceras jacksoni" = Jeanbesseiceras jacksoni
"Nordophiceras jacksoni" = Jeanbesseiceras jacksoni Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Tirolitidae
Tirolites sp. Mojsisovics 1879 ceratite
Tirolites smithi Kummel 1969 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Columbitidae
"Preflorianites montpelierensis n. sp." = Yvesgalleticeras montpelierense, "Pseudoceltites cheneyi" = Idahocolumbites cheneyi
"Preflorianites montpelierensis n. sp." = Yvesgalleticeras montpelierense Kummel 1969 ceratite
"Pseudoceltites cheneyi" = Idahocolumbites cheneyi Kummel 1969 ceratite
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
"Pleuronautilus (Enoploceras) newelli n. sp." = Phaedrysmocheilus idahoensis, "Metacoceras (Mojsvaroceras) frenchi n. sp." = Phaedrysmocheilus idahoensis
"Pleuronautilus (Enoploceras) newelli n. sp." = Phaedrysmocheilus idahoensis Kummel 1953 nautiloid
"Metacoceras (Mojsvaroceras) frenchi n. sp." = Phaedrysmocheilus idahoensis Kummel 1953 nautiloid