Where: Utah (39.6° N, 110.8° W: paleocoordinates 12.1° N, 34.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Rex Chert Member (Phosphoria Formation), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)
• Davydov et al. 2017 dated an ash bed in the upper Meade Peak Member at 260.57 ± 0.07 / 0.14 / 0.31 Ma, indicating that the Meade Peak is as young as uppermost Capitanian.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; chert and limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. L. Yochelson and D. H. Van Sickle. 1968. Biostratigraphy of the Phosphoria, Park City, and Shedhorn Formations; Geology of Permian Rocks in the Western Phosphate Field. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 313(D):572-660 [A. Miller/C. Ferguson/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 11233: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Chad Ferguson on 27.07.2001
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Stenolaemata | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865 | |
Lingulata | |
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Bivalvia | |
Pseudopermophorus annettae Ciriacks 1963 clam | |
Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish |