Dun Glen, near the Auld Lang Syne mine, Sierra District (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Nevada (40.7° N, 117.9° W: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 41.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Richard Homfray

• Repository: Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (ANSP)

Primary reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Triassic fossils of California and the adjacent territories. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:19-35 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 33200: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 23.07.2003, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Paranautilidae
"Nautilus multicameratus n. sp." = Picardiceras multicameratus
"Nautilus multicameratus n. sp." = Picardiceras multicameratus Gabb 1864 nautiloid
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Mytilus homfrayi n. sp. Gabb 1864 mussel
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Myophoria alta n. sp." = Guineana alta
"Myophoria alta n. sp." = Guineana alta Gabb 1864 clam