Where: Utah (38.7° N, 112.5° W: paleocoordinates 8.9° N, 37.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Preflorianites-Kashmirites beds ammonoid zone, Thaynes Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Collection methods: Repository: CNRS Biogéosciences, Université de Bourgogne (UBGD)
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 156045: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.05.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Pseudosageceras multilobatum Noetling 1905 ceratite | |
Meekoceras gracilitatis White 1879 ceratite | |
Arctoceras tuberculatum Smith 1932 ceratite | |
Kashmirites stepheni n. sp. Brayard et al. 2013 ceratite
Preflorianites toulai Smith 1932 ceratite |