GV-B-4, Gros Ventre Canyon (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Wyoming (43.6° N, 110.6° W: paleocoordinates 13.7° N, 33.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dinwoody Formation, Dienerian (250.5 - 251.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified limestone

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 150713: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Tindariidae
Austrotindaria svalbardensis Foster et al. 2017 clam
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
? Pteria cf. ussurica Kiparisova 1938 pearl oyster
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Leptochondria occidanea Meek 1877 scallop