Wood Canyon, Aspen Range (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Caribou County, Idaho (42.7° N, 111.5° W: paleocoordinates 12.1° N, 35.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Thaynes Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 33288: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 24.07.2003, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Meekoceratidae
Juvenites dieneri3, "Thermalites thermarum" = Juvenites thermarum2, "Juvenites septentrionalis" = Juvenites septentrionalis3, "Juvenites sanctorum" = Juvenites septentrionalis3
Juvenites dieneri3 Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
"Thermalites thermarum" = Juvenites thermarum2 Smith 1927 ceratite
"Juvenites septentrionalis" = Juvenites septentrionalis3 Smith 1932 ceratite
"Juvenites sanctorum" = Juvenites septentrionalis3 Smith 1932 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Melagathiceratidae
"Paranannites aspenensis n. gen. n. sp." = Paranannites aspenensis, "Paranannites pertenuis" = Paranannites aspenensis3, "Paranannites compressus" = Paranannites aspenensis3, "Paranannites columbianus" = Paranannites aspenensis3
"Paranannites aspenensis n. gen. n. sp." = Paranannites aspenensis Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
"Paranannites pertenuis" = Paranannites aspenensis3 Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
"Paranannites compressus" = Paranannites aspenensis3 Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
"Paranannites columbianus" = Paranannites aspenensis3 Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Inyoitidae
"Meekoceras evansi" = Inyoites oweni3
"Meekoceras evansi" = Inyoites oweni3 Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Dieneroceratidae
"Ophiceras dieneri" = Dieneroceras dieneri, "Lecanites knechti" = Dieneroceras dieneri3, "Xenodiscus waageni" = Dieneroceras waageni3, "Paralecanites arnoldi n. gen. n. sp." = Wyomingites arnoldi, "Meekoceras (Gyronites) aplanatum" = Wyomingites aplanatus
"Ophiceras dieneri" = Dieneroceras dieneri Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
"Lecanites knechti" = Dieneroceras dieneri3 Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
"Xenodiscus waageni" = Dieneroceras waageni3 Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
"Paralecanites arnoldi n. gen. n. sp." = Wyomingites arnoldi Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
"Meekoceras (Gyronites) aplanatum" = Wyomingites aplanatus White 1879 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Pseudaspidites wheeleri1 Kummel and Steele 1962 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Arctoceratidae
"Meekoceras (Koninckites) mushbachanum" = Submeekoceras mushbachanum, "Meekoceras patelliforme" = Submeekoceras patelliforme3
"Meekoceras (Koninckites) mushbachanum" = Submeekoceras mushbachanum White 1879 ceratite
"Meekoceras patelliforme" = Submeekoceras patelliforme3 Smith 1932 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Prionitidae
"Dagnoceras bonnevillense" = Meekoceras bonnevillense3, "Meekoceras gracilitatis" = Meekoceras gracilitatis, "Meekoceras sylvanum" = Meekoceras gracilitatis3, Meekoceras cristatum3
"Dagnoceras bonnevillense" = Meekoceras bonnevillense3 Smith 1932 ceratite
"Meekoceras gracilitatis" = Meekoceras gracilitatis White 1879 ceratite
"Meekoceras sylvanum" = Meekoceras gracilitatis3 White 1879 ceratite
Meekoceras cristatum3 Smith 1932 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Xenodiscidae
Xenodiscus tarpeyi3 Smith 1932 ceratite
Xenodiscus gilberti3 Smith 1932 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Kashmiritidae
"Xenodiscus toulai" = Preflorianites toulai3
"Xenodiscus toulai" = Preflorianites toulai3 Smith 1932 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae
"Xenodiscus cordilleranus" = Xenoceltites cordilleranus3, "Xenodiscus intermontanus" = Xenoceltites cordilleranus3
"Xenodiscus cordilleranus" = Xenoceltites cordilleranus3 Smith 1932 ceratite
"Xenodiscus intermontanus" = Xenoceltites cordilleranus3 Smith 1932 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Gyronitidae
"Meekoceras arthaberi" = Abrekites arthaberi3
"Meekoceras arthaberi" = Abrekites arthaberi3 Smith 1932 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Flemingitidae
Flemingites bannockensis3, Flemingites aspenensis3, "Flemingites russelli n. sp." = Anaflemingites russelli, "Flemingites cirratus" = Euflemingites cirratus3
Flemingites bannockensis3 Smith 1932 ceratite
Flemingites aspenensis3 Smith 1932 ceratite
"Flemingites russelli n. sp." = Anaflemingites russelli Smith 1904 ceratite
"Flemingites cirratus" = Euflemingites cirratus3 White 1879 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Hedenstroemiidae
Clypites tenuis n. sp., "Pseudosageceras intermontanum n. sp." = Pseudosageceras multilobatum, Cordillerites angulatus n. gen. n. sp., Hedenstroemia kossmati
Clypites tenuis n. sp. Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
coll. A. Hyatt 1888
"Pseudosageceras intermontanum n. sp." = Pseudosageceras multilobatum Noetling 1905 ceratite
Cordillerites angulatus n. gen. n. sp. Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
Hedenstroemia kossmati Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Aspenitidae
Aspenites acutus Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Lanceolitidae
Lanceolites compactus Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
 Ceratitida -
"? Meekoceras (Prionolobus) jacksoni" = Jeanbesseiceras jacksoni
"? Meekoceras (Prionolobus) jacksoni" = Jeanbesseiceras jacksoni Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
 Phylloceratida - Ussuritidae
"Ussuria waageni n. sp." = Metussuria waageni, "Ussuria occidentalis" = Metussuria occidentalis3
"Ussuria waageni n. sp." = Metussuria waageni Hyatt and Smith 1905 ammonite
"Ussuria occidentalis" = Metussuria occidentalis3 Smith 1932 ammonite