Hurricane Cliffs HC-D-7 (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Utah (37.0° N, 113.3° W: paleocoordinates 7.8° N, 39.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Virgin Formation, Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, sandy limestone

• Deposits of a marginal marine embayment
• Planar bedded sandy and silty limestone, which grade upwards into thin, indistinctly planar bedded siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by R. Hofmann, M. Wasmer in 2009, 2010

Primary reference: R. Hofmann, M. Hautmann, M. Wasmer and H. Bucher. 2013. Palaeoecology of the Spathian Virgin Formation (Utah, USA) and its implications for the Early Triassic recovery. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58:149-173 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122207: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Promyalina spathi
Promyalina spathi Newell and Kummel 1942 clam
 Myalinida - Mysidiellidae
Protopis "sp. A"
Protopis "sp. A" Kittl 1903 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia costata
Bakevellia costata Schlotheim 1820 oyster
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Leptochondria curtocardinalis
Leptochondria curtocardinalis Hall and Whitfield 1877 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis cf. multiformis
Eumorphotis cf. multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop