Where: Utah (39.4° N, 113.7° W: paleocoordinates 10.0° N, 38.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Thaynes Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore ramp; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: Repository: CNRS Biogéosciences, Université de Bourgogne (UBGD), Palaeontological Institute and Museum at the University of Zürich (PIMUZ)
Primary reference: A. Brayard, K. G. Bylund, J. F. Jenks, D. A. Stephen, N. Olivier, G. Escarguel, E. Fara and E. Vennin. 2013. Smithian ammonoid faunas from Utah: implications for Early Triassic biostratigraphy, correlation and basinal paleogeography. Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 132:141-219 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 156014: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.05.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
Lingularia borealis Bittner 1899 | |
Bivalvia | |
Confusionella loczyi Bittner 1901 pearl oyster | |
Leptochondria occidanea Meek 1877 scallop
Leptochondria xijinwulanensis Sha 1995 scallop | |
Cephalopoda | |
Anaflemingites aff. silberlingi Kummel and Steele 1962 ceratite | |
Meekoceras gracilitatis White 1879 ceratite | |
Gastropoda | |
Worthenia windowblindensis Batten and Stokes 1986 snail |