DV2-4, Dog Valley, Pahvant Range (Triassic of the United States)

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: Inyoites beaverensis 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 156049: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.05.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Flemingitidae
Anaflemingites aff. silberlingi Kummel and Steele 1962 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Aspenitidae
Aspenites acutus Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Inyoitidae
Inyoites beaverensis Brayard et al. 2013 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Prionitidae
Meekoceras gracilitatis White 1879 ceratite