Paris Canyon, Columbites beds, Bear Lake Valley: Spathian, Idaho
collected by R.S. Spence

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
Cosmacanthus elegans Evans 1904
Smith 1932
recombined as Nemacanthus elegans
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Rhynchonella" sp. Fischer 1809
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
    = Lingularia sp. Biernat and Emig 1993
Clapham 2015
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
"Pseudomonotis" idahoensis
Cephalopoda - Nautilida
Nautilus (Pleuronautilus) sp. Linnaeus 1758
Smith 1932
    = Nautilitaceae indet. de Blainville 1825
Hendy 2008
corrected as Nautiloidea
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Smith 1932
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tirolitidae
Tirolites cf. illyricus von Mojsisovics 1882
Smith 1932
    = Tirolites smithi n. sp. Kummel 1969
Kummel 1969
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Columbitidae
Celtites apostolicus Smith 1932
Smith 1932
recombined as Rudolftruempyiceras apostolicum
Celtites planovolvis Smith 1932
Smith 1932
synonym of Rudolftruempyiceras apostolicum
Celtites ursensis Smith 1932
Smith 1932
synonym of Rudolftruempyiceras apostolicum
Columbites parisianus n. gen., n. sp. Hyatt and Smith 1905
Columbites consanguineus Smith 1932
Smith 1932
synonym of Columbites parisianus
Columbites ligatus Smith 1932
Smith 1932
synonym of Columbites parisianus
Columbites ornatus Smith 1932
Smith 1932
synonym of Columbites parisianus
Columbites spencei n. sp. Smith 1914
Smith 1914
synonym of Columbites parisianus
Columbites minimus Smith 1932
Smith 1932
synonym of Columbites parisianus
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Hellenitidae
Pseudharpoceras idahoense (Smith 1932)
Smith 1932
recombined as Hellenites idahoense
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Longobarditidae
Dalmatites kittli n. sp. Kummel 1969
Kummel 1969
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida
Meekoceras (Prionolobus) jacksoni n. sp. Hyatt and Smith 1905
recombined as Jeanbesseiceras jacksoni
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae
Ophiceras spencei Hyatt and Smith 1905
recombined as Xenoceltites spencei
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Hedenstroemiidae
Pseudosageceras intermontanum Hyatt and Smith 1905
synonym of Pseudosageceras multilobatum
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida
Meekoceras pilatum n. sp. Hyatt and Smith 1905
recombined as Bajarunia pilata
Meekoceras curticostatum Smith 1932
Smith 1932
synonym of Bajarunia pilata
Meekoceras micromphalus Smith 1932
Smith 1932
synonym of Bajarunia pilata
Meekoceras sanctorum Smith 1932
Smith 1932
synonym of Bajarunia pilata
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Idaho County:Bear Lake
Coordinates: 42.2° North, 111.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.7° North, 35.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Early/Lower Triassic
Stage:Olenekian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 1
Key time interval:Spathian
Age range of interval:248.90000 - 247.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Thaynes
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: It crops about 30 feet above the Tirolites zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: All the fossils were found in a bituminous layer of brown limestone, not over 6 inches thick
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:R.S. Spence
Metadata
Database number:33319
Authorizer:D. Bottjer, M. Clapham, A. Dunhill, A. Hendy Enterer:C. Powers, B. Allen, M. Clapham, A. Hendy
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-07-25 11:08:18 Last modified:2013-04-13 20:27:40
Access level:the public Released:2003-07-25 11:08:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
8855. A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

27487 M. E. Clapham. 2015. Personal Opinions. [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
26349 A. J. W. Hendy. 2008. Personal opinions and reidentification of pre-Cenozoic Mollusca. [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]
36275 B. Kummel. 1969. Ammonoids of the late Scythian (Lower Triassic). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 137:311-702 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
8848 J. P. Smith. 1914. The Middle Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 83:1-254 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/M. Clapham]
8852 J. P. Smith. 1932. Lower Triassic ammonoids of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 167 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/C. Powers]