Where: Idaho (42.1° N, 111.2° W: paleocoordinates 11.5° N, 35.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Thaynes Formation, Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• Upper siltstone member of Thaynes Formation, above Columbites shale.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, brown siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: F. R. Schram. 1971. Litogaster turnbullensis (sp. nov.): a Lower Triassic Glypheid Decapod Crustacean from Idaho. Journal of Paleontology 45(3):534-537 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 96857: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Malacostraca | |
Litogaster turnbullensis n. sp.
Litogaster turnbullensis n. sp. Schram 1971 decapod |