Hidden Pasture, MT-2 (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Montana (44.7° N, 112.8° W: paleocoordinates 15.4° N, 34.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Dinwoody Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: M. Fraiser. 2005. When Bivalves Took Over the World: Global Paleoecology of Bivalves During the Aftermath of the End-Permian Mass Extinction. [D. Bottjer/N. Bonuso/N. Bonuso]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44496: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Nicole Bonuso on 13.09.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
? Unionites sp.
? Unionites sp. Wissman 1841 clam
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
? Claraia sp.
? Claraia sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis sp.
Eumorphotis sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
 Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
? Heteropecten sp.
? Heteropecten sp. Kegel and Costa 1951 scallop
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingularia sp.
Lingularia sp. Biernat and Emig 1993