Hot Springs ridge, Bear Lake (Triassic of the United States)

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
 Decapoda - Litogastroidae
Litogaster turnbullensis n. sp. Schram 1971 decapod