TM-3, Terrace Mountains (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Utah (41.5° N, 113.5° W: paleocoordinates 12.8° N, 36.4° 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: 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 150731: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Leptochondria occidanea Meek 1877 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop