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 | |
Volviceramus koeneni Mueller 1888 clam
Inoceramus cf. albertensis McLearn 1926 clam |