Where: Alaska (61.6° N, 143.4° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 47.7° N, 74.8° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: McCarthy Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Primary reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 100924: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.12.2010
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Monotis alaskana n. sp." = Monotis (Monotis) alaskana
"Monotis alaskana n. sp." = Monotis (Monotis) alaskana Smith 1927 scallop |