HS, Hot Springs Canyon (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Idaho (42.1° N, 111.3° W: paleocoordinates 12.6° N, 34.6° 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: open shallow subtidal; 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 150726: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Coelostylina "sp. A" Kittl 1894 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus bregeri Girty 1927 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalinella postcarbonica Girty 1927 clam