USNM 9344, John Gray's Lake (locality 1), Unit A (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Idaho (42.9° N, 111.5° W: paleocoordinates 12.3° N, 35.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• Alternating limestones and arenaceous shales; outcrops obscure

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A.C. Peale in 1877

Primary reference: C. A. White. 1879. Paleontological papers no. 9: fossils of the Jura-Trias of southeastern Idaho. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 5:105-117 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120982: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida -
Terebratulida indet., "Terebratula semisimplex n. sp." = Vex semisimplex
"Terebratula semisimplex n. sp." = Vex semisimplex White 1879
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
"Aviculopecten" idahoensis Meek 1871 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Gervillia" sp. Defrance 1820 oyster