Where: California (40.1° N, 120.8° W: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 60.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Mormon Formation, Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by T. P. Poulton in 1972
Primary reference: T. P. Poulton. 1979. Jurassic Trigoniid Bivalves from Canada and Western United States of America. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 282 [G. Stanley/H. Shepherd/H. Shepherd]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 139223: authorized by George Stanley, entered by Hannah Shepherd on 09.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Myophorella aff. dawsoni Whiteaves 1878 clam |