USGS Mesozoic Loc. 28472 - Carmel Formation (Jurassic to of the United States)
Where: Emery County, Utah (38.8° N, 110.9° W: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 52.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Carmel Formation, Bajocian to Bajocian (170.3 - 166.1 Ma)
• 14-21ft above base of formation.
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R. W. Imlay and N. F. Sohl in 1961; reposited in the USGS
Primary reference: R. W. Imlay. 1964. Marine Jurassic Pelecypods From Central and Southern Utah. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 483-C:C1-C42 [S. Holland/P. Monarrez]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 171970: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 23.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Vaugonia conradi clam | |
"Myophorella (Promyophorella) montanaensis" = Trigonia montanaensis
"Myophorella (Promyophorella) montanaensis" = Trigonia montanaensis Meek 1873 clam | |
Astarte cf. livingstonensis Imlay 1964 clam | |
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
"Ostrea (Liostrea) strigilecula" = Liostrea strigilecula
"Ostrea (Liostrea) strigilecula" = Liostrea strigilecula White 1877 oyster | |
Anomia sp. Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Camptonectes platessiformis scallop
Camptonectes stygius White 1874 scallop |