Where: Utah (39.0° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 8.5° N, 36.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Sinbad Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Palaeontological Institute and Museum at the University of Zürich (PIMUZ)
Primary reference: R. Hofmann, H. Hautmann, A. Brayard, A. Nützel, K. G. Bylund, J. F. Jenks, E. Vennin, N. Olivier, and H. Bucher. 2014. Recovery of benthic marine communities from the end-Permian mass extinction at the low latitudes of eastern Panthalassa. Palaeontology 57:547-589 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 156110: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.05.2014
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
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Leptochondria occidanea Meek 1877 scallop | |
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? Crittendenia "sp. A" Newell and Boyd 1995 scallop | |
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Confusionella loczyi Bittner 1901 pearl oyster | |
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Bakevellia cf. exporrecta Lepsius 1878 oyster | |
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Promysidiella "sp. A" Waller and Stanley 2005 clam | |
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Sinbadiella pygmaea Hautmann and Nützel 2005 clam | |
|
Unionites cf. fassaensis Wissmann 1841 clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Polygyrina "sp. A" snail | |
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Abrekopsis cf. depresispirus Batten and Stokes 1986 snail | |
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? Chartronella "sp. A" Cossman 1902 snail | |