USGS D5427 (Cretaceous to of the United States)

Where: Garfield County, Utah (37.8° N, 111.5° W: paleocoordinates 44.6° N, 79.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Straight Cliffs Formation, Middle Turonian to Middle Turonian (93.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: I. Walaszczyk and W. A. Cobban. 2006. Palaeontology and stratigraphy of the Middle-Upper Coniacian and Santonian inoceramids of the US Western Interior. Acta Geologica Polonica 56(3):241-348 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 100218: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.12.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Volviceramus koeneni Mueller 1888 clam
Inoceramus cf. albertensis McLearn 1926 clam