Where: Baker County, Oregon (44.9° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 21.3° N, 52.0° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 Ma)
• Immediately above the coral zone
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by J.P. Smith; 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 33388: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 28.07.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Halobia halorica Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
Halobia dilatata Kittl 1912 oyster |