MV-3, Minersville, Mineral Mountains (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Utah (38.2° N, 112.9° W: paleocoordinates 8.7° N, 38.3° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Thaynes Group, Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; 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 156115: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 08.05.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Leptochondria occidanea Meek 1877 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia cf. exporrecta Lepsius 1878 oyster
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites cf. fassaensis Wissmann 1841 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus cf. bregeri Girty 1927 clam