USGS 969, Emberg Ranch, Crawford Mountains (Permian of the United States)

Where: Utah (41.7° N, 111.1° W: paleocoordinates 14.6° N, 33.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Meade Peak Member (Phosphoria Formation), Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, phosphatic shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. H. Girty. 1910. The fauna of the Phosphate beds of the Park City Formation. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 436:1-82 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 108901: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.05.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
"Aviculopecten montpelierensis" = Streblopteria montpelierensis
"Aviculopecten montpelierensis" = Streblopteria montpelierensis Girty 1910 scallop