Where: Alaska (69.5° N, 145.5° W: paleocoordinates 51.5° N, 43.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Shublik Formation, Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: C. McRoberts. 1992. Systematics and paleobiogeography of Late Triassic Gryphaea (Bivalvia) from the North American Cordillera. Journal of Paleontology 66(1):28-39 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 69491: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.02.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Gryphaea (Gryphaea) cf. keilhaui Boehm 1903 oyster
Gryphaea (Gryphaea) arcuataeformis Kiparisova 1936 oyster |