Also known as Giza Peak megaripple bed.
Where: Utah (38.9° N, 113.3° W: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 84.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Protopliomerella contracta trilobite zone, Fillmore Formation, Tulean (480.8 - 474.9 Ma)
• Time slice 1d. 253 m (824 ft.) above the base of the Fillmore.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the FMNH
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: T. E. Guensburg and J. Sprinkle. 2022. Morphologic expressions and paleogeographic implications of earliest known (Floian, early Ordovician) hybocrinids. In J. Bauer, W. Ausich, J. Wilson Mantilla (eds.), Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan: Improving our Understanding of Evolutionary Paleoecology: A Celebration of the Work and Career of Tomasz K. Baumiller 34(3):17-33 [V. Syverson/V. Syverson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 231318: authorized by Val Syverson, entered by Val Syverson on 11.08.2023
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Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Parahybocrinus siewersi Guensburg and Sprinkle 2022 Sea lily |