Where: Alaska (68.6° N, 159.3° W: paleocoordinates 27.6° N, 16.9° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Meramecian (343.0 - 335.5 Ma)
• Probable Meramecian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous, cherty/siliceous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by F. J. Stehli
• Repository: University of Alaska
Primary reference: C. K. Chamberlain. 1977. Carboniferous and Permian trilobites from Ellesmere Island and Alaska. Journal of Paleontology 51:758-771 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 132288: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.08.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
"Griffithides (Metaphillipsia) ? bufo" = Hesslerides bufo
"Griffithides (Metaphillipsia) ? bufo" = Hesslerides bufo Meek and Worthen 1870 trilobite |