Deseret deep slope and starved basin facies, Deseret Limestone (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Utah (39.9° N, 113.7° W: paleocoordinates 6.7° S, 49.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Deseret Limestone Formation, Osagean (352.0 - 343.0 Ma)

• "Osage and early Meramec."

Environment/lithology: slope; cherty/siliceous limestone

• "dark micritic ls and dark organic sh w/nodular ls. some phosphorite and bedded chert. slope and disaerobic basin (> 300 m depth). tectonic foredeep basin. BA6"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. A. Sandberg and R. C. Gutschick. 1979. Guide to conodont biostratigraphy of upper Devonian and Mississippian rocks along the Wasatch Front and Cordilleran Hingeline, Utah. BYU Geological Studies 26(3):107-134 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 560: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Mike Sommers on 14.01.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "C.A. Sandberg and R.C. Gutschick, 1979. Guide to conodont biostrat of upper Dev. and Miss. rocks along the Wasatch Front and Cordilleran Hingeline, Utah. pp107-134. in C.A. Sandberg and D.L. Clark (eds) Conodont biostrat of the Great Basin and Rky Mtns. BYU Geol Studies 26 (3). C.A. Sandberg and R.C. Gutschick, 1980. Sed and biostrat of Osagean and Merameian starved basin and foreslope, western US. pp129-147. In T.D. Fouch and E.R. Magathan (eds) Paleozoic paleogeog. of west central US. SEPM Rky Mtn Sec, Denver, Co."
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unclassified
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Formaniferida indet.
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Strophomenata
 Productida - Araksalosiidae
Quadratia sp.
Quadratia sp. Muir-Wood and Cooper 1960
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
Leiorhynchoidea sp.
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Maxigoniatitidae
Beyrichoceras sp., Dzhaprakoceras sp.
Beyrichoceras sp. Foord 1903 ammonite
Dzhaprakoceras sp. Popov 1965 ammonite
originally entered as "Djhaprakoceras sp."
Deuteropoda
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Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
6 genera
Conodontophorida
 Conodontophorida -
Conodontophorida indet.
Holothuroidea
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Holothuroidea indet.
Holothuroidea indet. de Blainville 1834 sea cucumber
4 genera, holothurian sclerites
Hexactinellida
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? Hexactinellida indet.
? Hexactinellida indet. Schmidt 1870 glass sponge
siliceous sponges (monaxon, tetraxon, hexaxon) - originally entered as "? Hexactinellida indet."
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Plerophyllidae
"Rhopalolasma sp." = Ufimia
"Rhopalolasma sp." = Ufimia Shtukenberg 1895 horn coral
 Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Amplexizaphrentis sp.
Amplexizaphrentis sp. Vaughan 1906 horn coral
 Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia sp.
Cyathaxonia sp. Michelin 1847 horn coral
 Stauriida - Amplexidae
Amplexus sp.
Amplexus sp. Sowerby 1814 horn coral
 Favositida - Palaeacidae
Palaeacis sp.
Palaeacis sp. Haime 1857 tabulate coral
originally entered as "Paleacis sp."
 Favositida - Micheliniidae
Michelinia sp.
Michelinia sp. de Koninck 1841 tabulate coral
originally entered as "Michelinea sp."
Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Hyperamminidae
Hyperammina sp.
Hyperammina sp. Brady 1879
Protozoa
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Radiolaria indet.