Where: Utah (37.0° N, 113.6° W: paleocoordinates 7.9° N, 39.5° 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: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified limestone
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 122209: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Echinoidea | |
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Miocidaris utahensis pencil urchin | |
| Crinoidea | |
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Holocrinus smithi Clark and Twitchell 1915 Sea lily | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Piarorhynchella triassica Girty 1927 | |
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Protogusarella smithi Perry and Chatterton 1979 | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Pernopecten "sp. A" Winchell 1865 scallop | |
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Eumorphotis ericius Hautmann et al. 2013 scallop
Eumorphotis virginensis Hautmann et al. 2013 scallop
Eumorphotis cf. multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop | |
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Promyalina putiatinensis Kiparisova 1938 clam | |
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Neoschizodus laevigatus Ziethen 1830 clam | |
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Unionites fassaensis Wissmann 1841 clam | |
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Sementiconcha recuperator Hautmann et al. 2013 clam | |