AMNH B7858, Conant Valley (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Idaho (43.4° N, 111.4° W: paleocoordinates 12.7° N, 34.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Thaynes Formation, Olenekian (251.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. D. Newell and D.W. Boyd. 1995. Pectinoid bivalves of the Permian-Triassic crisis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 227:1-95 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94877: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 31.03.2010

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop