Fall Creek, ID-1 (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Idaho (45.2° N, 116.3° W: paleocoordinates 14.5° N, 39.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Thaynes Formation, Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

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 44567: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Nicole Bonuso on 15.09.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Rhynchonella" sp.
"Rhynchonella" sp. Fischer 1809
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus sp.
Permophorus sp. Chavan 1954 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Neoschizodus sp.
Neoschizodus sp. Giebel 1855 clam
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Leptochondria sp.
Leptochondria sp. Bittner 1891 scallop
 Pectinida -
Pectinoidea indet.
Pectinoidea indet. Rafinesque 1815 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Promyalina sp., "Myalinella sp." = Myalina (Myalinella)
Promyalina sp. Kittl 1903 clam
"Myalinella sp." = Myalina (Myalinella) Newell 1942 clam