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, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• "Meekoceras bed"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by A.C. Peale, J.E. Mushbach 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 120985: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.11.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
? Arcestes sp. Suess 1865 ceratite | |
"Arcestes cirratus n. sp." = Euflemingites cirratus
"Arcestes cirratus n. sp." = Euflemingites cirratus White 1879 ceratite | |
Meekoceras gracilitatis n. sp.
Meekoceras gracilitatis n. sp. White 1879 ceratite | |
"Meekoceras mushbachanus n. sp." = Submeekoceras mushbachanum
"Meekoceras mushbachanus n. sp." = Submeekoceras mushbachanum White 1879 ceratite | |
Bivalvia | |
""Eumicrotis" curta" = Meleagrinella curta
""Eumicrotis" curta" = Meleagrinella curta Hall 1852 scallop |