USGS Mesozoic Loc. 28473 - Carmel Formation (Jurassic to of the United States)

Where: Kane County, Utah (37.3° N, 112.5° W: paleocoordinates 29.8° N, 54.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• About 10-15ft below top of limestone member.

Environment/lithology: limestone

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 172025: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 24.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
  -
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
corals
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
? Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Neritidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerineidae indet. Zittel 1873 snail
Cossmannea imlayi Sohl 1965 snail
? Cossmannea kanabensis Sohl 1965 snail
Bivalvia
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Ostreida - Malleidae