Fall Creek, ID-12 (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)

• 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 44568: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Nicole Bonuso on 15.09.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Leptochondria sp. Bittner 1891 scallop
 Pectinida - Claraiidae
"Claraia" sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
 Pectinida -
Pectinoidea indet. Rafinesque 1815 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Promyalina sp. Kittl 1903 clam
"Myalinella sp." = Myalina (Myalinella) Newell 1942 clam
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites sp. Wissman 1841 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Neoschizodus sp. Giebel 1855 clam