Where: Alaska (61.7° N, 142.7° W: paleocoordinates 4.3° N, 74.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: McCarthy Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified, calcareous shale and lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USGS
Primary reference: N. J. Silberling, J. A. Grant-Mackie, and K. M. Nichols. 1997. The Late Triassic bivalve Monotis in accreted terranes of Alaska. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 2151:1-21 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 85147: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.12.2008, edited by Hannah Shepherd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Monotis (Eomonotis) jakutica, Monotis (Monotis) alaskana, Monotis (Monotis) ? haueri, Monotis (Monotis) haueri, Monotis (Pacimonotis) subcircularis
Monotis (Eomonotis) jakutica Teller 1896 scallop
Monotis (Monotis) alaskana Smith 1927 scallop
Monotis (Monotis) ? haueri Kittl 1912 scallop
Monotis (Monotis) haueri Kittl 1912 scallop
Monotis (Pacimonotis) subcircularis Gabb 1864 scallop |