Where: Flathead County, Montana (48.2° N, 113.6° W: paleocoordinates 51.8° N, 100.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Coal Creek Member (Kishenehn Formation), Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; black shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: adpression
Collected by John and Leona Constenius
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
• UALVP: Labratory for Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Alberta, Edmonton
Primary reference: L. Guo-Qing and M. V. H. Wilson. 1994. An Eocene Species of Hiodon from Montana, Its Phylogenetic Relationships, and the Evolution of the Postcranial Skeleton in the Hiodontidae (Teleostei). Journal of Paleontology 14(2):153-162 [S. Peters/S. McMullen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 134348: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Sharon McMullen on 08.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Hiodon consteniorum n. sp.
Hiodon consteniorum n. sp. Guo-Qing and Wilson 1994 |