Hurricane Cliffs Locality HC 3 Bed 11 (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Washington County, Utah (37.0° N, 113.3° W: paleocoordinates 7.8° N, 39.2° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Virgin Member (Moenkopi Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

• Shelly calc-arenite. Top surface with large siltstone clasts. Rinks, terebratulids, crinoid columnals, gastropods. See photo PDT and notes AJM

Primary reference: A. J. McGowan, A. B. Smith, and P. D. Taylor. 2009. Faunal diversity, heterogeneity and body size in the Early Triassic: testing post-extinction paradigms in the Virgin Limestone of Utah, USA. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 56:859-872 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64680: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 12.09.2006, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis virginensis
Eumorphotis virginensis Hautmann et al. 2013 scallop