Where: California (40.8° N, 122.1° W: paleocoordinates 15.8° N, 57.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Hosselkus Formation, Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
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 144389: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.05.2013, edited by Catherine Powers and Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Confusastrea decussata" = Kuhnastraea decussata
"Confusastrea decussata" = Kuhnastraea decussata Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
"Spongiomorpha (Heptastylopsis) dendriformis" = Eocomoseris ramosa
"Spongiomorpha (Heptastylopsis) dendriformis" = Eocomoseris ramosa Frech 1890 stony coral | |
"Latimaeandra" eucystis Frech 1890 stony coral | |
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