Where: Baker County, Oregon (44.9° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 18.5° N, 47.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tuvalian (232.0 - 221.5 Ma)
• 500 feet below the beds with Halobia dilatata and Halobia halorica
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 33386: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 28.07.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Pecten (Entolium) ceruleus n. sp.
Pecten (Entolium) ceruleus n. sp. Smith 1927 scallop | |
Halobia oregonensis n. sp., Halobia salinarum
Halobia oregonensis n. sp. Smith 1927 oyster
Halobia salinarum Bronn 1830 oyster |