Where: Wyoming (42.7° N, 108.7° W: paleocoordinates 12.2° N, 32.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Dinwoody Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by R. Hofmann, M. Hautmann in 2011
• Repository: Paleontological Institute and Museum, Zurich University
Primary reference: R. Hofmann, M. Hautmann, and H. Bucher. 2013. A new paleoecological look at the Dinwoody Formation (Lower Triassic, Western USA): intrinsic versus extrinsic controls on ecosystem recovery after the end-Permian mass extinction. Journal of Paleontology 87:854-880 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 150701: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.09.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Gastropoda | |
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Dicellonema abrekensis Kaim 2009 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Leptochondria occidanea Meek 1877 scallop | |
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Claraia cf. stachei Bittner 1901 scallop | |
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? Pteria cf. ussurica Kiparisova 1938 pearl oyster | |
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Myalinella postcarbonica Girty 1927 clam
Promyalina putiatinensis Kiparisova 1938 clam
Promyalina spathi Newell and Kummel 1942 clam | |
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Unionites canalensis Catullo 1847 clam | |
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Austrotindaria svalbardensis Foster et al. 2017 clam | |