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
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Bivalvia | |
"Aviculopecten montpelierensis" = Streblopteria montpelierensis
"Aviculopecten montpelierensis" = Streblopteria montpelierensis Girty 1910 scallop |