Where: Alaska (61.7° N, 141.8° W: paleocoordinates 2.5° N, 67.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)
• Presumably early Carnian if identification of Sirenites is correct
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
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 144375: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.05.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Sirenites hayesi n. sp.
Sirenites hayesi n. sp. Smith 1927 ceratite |