Where: Washington County, Utah (37.3° N, 113.8° W: paleocoordinates 30.0° N, 55.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• Float from oolitic sandstone capping ridge about 350 ft above base of limestone member.

Environment/lithology: marine; ooidal sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. W. Imlay and N. F. Sohl in 1961; 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 171918: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 22.07.2015

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