USGS Mesozoic Loc. 17494 - Carmel Formation (Jurassic to of the United States)

Where: Kane County, Utah (37.2° N, 112.9° W: paleocoordinates 29.8° N, 54.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by H. E. Gregory in 1937; 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 172047: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 24.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes stygius White 1874 scallop
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Vaugonia utahensis Imlay 1964 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Cardiida - Quenstedtiidae
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerineidae indet. Zittel 1873 snail