AMNH3026, Windowblind Butte, San Rafael Swell (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Utah (39.0° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 8.5° N, 36.4° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sinbad Member (Moenkopi Formation), Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• 5 foot-thick unit 50 ft from the base of Sinbad Member

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, ooidal, shelly/skeletal packstone

• Dark weathering oolitic packstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, recrystallized, original aragonite, replaced with calcite

Reposited in the AMNH

Primary reference: R. L. Batten and W.L. Stokes. 1986. Early Triassic gastropods from the Sinbad Member of the Moenkopi Formation, San Rafael Swell, Utah. American Museum Novitates 2864:1-33 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44283: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 08.09.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Codonocheilidae
Natiria aequicostata n. sp. Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
"Naticopsis (Naticopsis) depresispirus n. sp." = Abrekopsis depresispirus, Naticopsis (Naticopsis) utahensis n. sp., Vernelia fenestravella n. sp.
"Naticopsis (Naticopsis) depresispirus n. sp." = Abrekopsis depresispirus Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
Naticopsis (Naticopsis) utahensis n. sp. Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
Vernelia fenestravella n. sp. Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritariidae
Neritaria costata n. sp. Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
 Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae
Cylindrobullina convexa n. sp. Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
 Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathilda spirocostata n. sp. Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
 Trochoidea - Colloniidae
Chartronella sp. Cossman 1902 snail
? Chartronella pagina n. sp. Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
Chartronella unicostata n. sp. Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
 Trochoidea - Ataphridae
Boutillieria sinbadensis n. sp. Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Strobeus batteni Kaim et al. 2013 snail
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
"Zygopleura rugosa n. sp." = Ampezzopleura rugosa, Zygopleura haasi n. sp.
"Zygopleura rugosa n. sp." = Ampezzopleura rugosa Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
Zygopleura haasi n. sp. Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia windowblindensis n. sp. Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
 Murchisoniina - Wortheniellidae
"Worthenia cf. canalifera" = Wortheniella canalifera
"Worthenia cf. canalifera" = Wortheniella canalifera Münster 1841 snail
 Neogastropoda - Maturifusidae
"Kittliconcha sciaphostera n. sp." = Pseudotritonium sciaphosterum
"Kittliconcha sciaphostera n. sp." = Pseudotritonium sciaphosterum Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
"Omphaloptychia hormolira n. sp." = Omphaloptycha hormolira Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
Omphaloptychia laevisphaera n. sp. Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
Coelostylina "sp. a" Kittl 1894 snail
Coelostylina "sp. b" Kittl 1894 snail
Coelostylina virginensis n. sp. Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
Coelostylina cf. angulifera White 1874 snail
Coelostylina costata n. sp. Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
 Zygopleuroidea - Protorculidae
"Anoptychia eotriassica n. sp." = Battenizyga eotriassica
"Anoptychia eotriassica n. sp." = Battenizyga eotriassica Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
 Neritoina - Tricolnaticopsidae
Pachyomphalus americanus n. sp. Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
 Neritoina - Scalaneritinidae
"Natiria striatocostata" = Ladinaticella striatocostata
"Natiria striatocostata" = Ladinaticella striatocostata Braun 1841 snail