Also known as Howlands Farm

Where: Franklin County, Massachusetts (42.6° N, 72.5° W: paleocoordinates 24.3° N, 18.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Portland Formation (Agawam Group), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, trace

Collected in 1862

Collection methods: surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: C. H. Hitchcock. 1865. Appendix [B]. Descriptive catalogue of the specimens in the Hitchcock Ichnological Cabinet of Amherst College. In C. H. Hitchcock (ed.), Supplement to the Ichnology of New England. A Report to the Government of Massachusetts in 1863 43-96 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 91669: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 13.10.2009

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