Where: Utah (41.1° N, 111.5° W: paleocoordinates 14.5° N, 32.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Meade Peak Member (Phosphoria Formation), Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, phosphatic shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Fortieth Parallel Expedition in 1867-1869
Primary reference: F. B. Meek. 1877. Part I. Palaeontology. Report of the Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel 4:1-197 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 142645: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
"Discina utahensis n. sp." = Orbiculoidea utahensis
"Discina utahensis n. sp." = Orbiculoidea utahensis Meek 1877 |