LS-7, Little Sheep Creek (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Montana (44.6° N, 112.7° W: paleocoordinates 15.2° N, 34.3° 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: shoreface; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by R. Hofmann in 2010

• 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 150718: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
"Lingula borealis" = Lingularia borealis
"Lingula borealis" = Lingularia borealis Bittner 1899
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Promyalina spathi Newell and Kummel 1942 clam
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
? Pteria cf. ussurica Kiparisova 1938 pearl oyster
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis cf. ericius Hautmann et al. 2013 scallop
Eumorphotis amplicostata Ciriacks 1963 scallop
Eumorphotis multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop
 Nuculanida - Tindariidae
Austrotindaria svalbardensis Foster et al. 2017 clam
Gastropoda
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Coelostylina "sp. A" Kittl 1894 snail