USGS Mesozoic Loc. 5263 - Carmel Formation (Jurassic to of the United States)

Where: Iron County, Utah (37.5° N, 113.1° W: paleocoordinates 30.2° N, 54.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Carmel Formation, Bajocian to Bajocian (170.3 - 166.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G. B. Richardson and H. Graff in 1907; reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: R. W. Imlay. 1964. Marine Jurassic Pelecypods From Central and Southern Utah. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 483-C:C1-C42 [S. Holland/P. Monarrez]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 171877: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 21.07.2015

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
fragments
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha aff. engelmanni Meek 1860 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
 Cardiida - Arcticidae