Tirolites zone, Paris Canyon, Idaho (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Bear Lake County, Idaho (42.0° N, 111.0° W: paleocoordinates 11.7° N, 35.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• The Tirolites zone lies about 225 feet above the Meekoceras zone and about 30 feet below the Columbites zone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray shale

Primary reference: J. P. Smith. 1932. Lower Triassic ammonoids of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 167 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/C. Jamet]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 33317: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 25.07.2003, edited by Austin Hendy

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Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
 Holocrinida - Holocrinidae
"Pentacrinus (Isocrinus) smithi" = Holocrinus smithi
"Pentacrinus (Isocrinus) smithi" = Holocrinus smithi Clark and Twitchell 1915 Sea lily
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
"Pugnoides triassicus" = Piarorhynchella triassica
"Pugnoides triassicus" = Piarorhynchella triassica Girty 1927
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida -
"Nautilitaceae indet." = Nautiloidea
"Nautilitaceae indet." = Nautiloidea de Blainville 1825
 Ceratitida - Tirolitidae
"Tirolites harti" = Tirolites harti, "Tirolites pealei" = Tirolites harti, "Tirolites knighti" = Tirolites harti
"Tirolites harti" = Tirolites harti Smith 1932 ceratite
"Tirolites pealei" = Tirolites harti Smith 1932 ceratite
"Tirolites knighti" = Tirolites harti Smith 1932 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Longobarditidae
Dalmatites attenuatus Smith 1932 ceratite
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae