Where: Alaska (65.2° N, 141.7° W: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 39.1° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)
• Age based on presence of Sphaerocladiscites martini, probably correlative with meginae zone
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Eliot Blackwelder; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 144373: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.05.2013, edited by Catherine Powers
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Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Spiriferina" yukonensis n. sp.
"Spiriferina" yukonensis n. sp. Smith 1927 | |
Cephalopoda | |
"Cladiscites martini n. sp." = Sphaerocladiscites martini
"Cladiscites martini n. sp." = Sphaerocladiscites martini Smith 1927 ceratite |