Where: Alaska (65.2° N, 141.7° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 53.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Tuvalian to Tuvalian (232.0 - 215.6 Ma)
• "Upper Karnic or lower Noric age", at the junction of the Carnian and Norian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, argillaceous limestone
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 33427: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 29.07.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Halobia fallax Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
Halobia halorica Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
Halobia lineata Muenster 1833 oyster |