Where: Montana (43.6° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 13.7° N, 33.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Dinwoody Formation, Griesbachian (252.2 - 251.3 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 44499: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Nicole Bonuso on 13.09.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
Lingularia sp. Biernat and Emig 1993 | |
Bivalvia | |
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Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
? Pteria sp. Scopoli 1777 pearl oyster | |
? Claraia sp. Bittner 1901 scallop | |
Eumorphotis sp. Bittner 1901 scallop | |
Promyalina sp. Kittl 1903 clam
? Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam
"? Myalinella sp." = Myalina (Myalinella) Newell 1942 clam | |
Neoschizodus sp. Giebel 1855 clam |