USGS Mesozoic Loc. 25681 - Carmel Formation (Jurassic to of the United States)

Where: Emery County, Utah (39.1° N, 110.7° W: paleocoordinates 31.4° N, 52.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• From 15 to 25ft above base of formation in sandy limestone.

Environment/lithology: sandy limestone

• Sandy limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. W. Imlay in 1955; 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 171950: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 23.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Myophorella (Promyophorella) montanaensis" = Trigonia montanaensis
"Myophorella (Promyophorella) montanaensis" = Trigonia montanaensis Meek 1873 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Plagiostoma) sp." = Plagiostoma
"Lima (Plagiostoma) sp." = Plagiostoma Sowerby 1814 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop