Paris Canyon, Meekoceras beds, Bear Lake Valley (Triassic of the United States)
Where: Bear Lake County, Idaho (42.2° N, 111.4° W: paleocoordinates 11.7° N, 35.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Thaynes Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: 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] more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 33292: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 24.07.2003