USGS 7485 green, Montpelier Canyon: Olenekian, Idaho
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Hunanopectinidae
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Monotis bregeri
Girty 1927
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| or thaynesiana (2 measurements) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Idaho |
| Coordinates: | 43.3° North, 111.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 12.6° North, 34.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early Triassic |
| Stage: | Olenekian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Olenekian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 251.2 - 247.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Thaynes |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 108753 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-05-03 14:49:10 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-05-03 14:49:10 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12032. | G. H. Girty. 1927. Descriptions of new species of Carboniferous and Triassic fossils (from southeastern Idaho). United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 152:411-446 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |