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
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
Bivalvia | |
"Aviculopecten" idahoensis Meek 1871 scallop | |
"Gervillia" sp. Defrance 1820 oyster | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratulida indet., "Terebratula semisimplex n. sp." = Vex semisimplex
Terebratulida indet. Waagen 1883
"Terebratula semisimplex n. sp." = Vex semisimplex White 1879 |