Shinarump collection (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Utah (37.7° N, 110.4° W: paleocoordinates 7.3° N, 41.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Shinarump Member (Chinle Formation), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• lower part of Chinle Formation ("bentonitic sequence of the Upper Triassic Series")

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology:

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, permineralized

Collection methods: quarrying, surface (in situ), mechanical,

Primary reference: S. R. Ash. 1975. The Chinle (Upper Triassic) flora of southeastern Utah. Four Corners Geological Society Guidebook, 8th Field Conference, Canyonlands 143-147 [A. Rees/D. Sunderlin/D. Sunderlin]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24158: authorized by Allister Rees, entered by Dave Sunderlin on 01.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Polypodiopsida
 Gleicheniales - Polypodiidae
Phlebopteris spp. Brongniart 1836
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Cladophlebis spp. Brongniart 1849
 Equisetales - Equisetidae
Equisetites sp. Sternberg 1833
Cynepteris lasiophora
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Ginkgoopsida
 Ginkgoales -
Eoginkgoites sp. n. sp. Bock 1952
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
Araucarioxylon sp. Kraus 1870
Pagiophyllum spp. Heer 1881
Brachyphyllum spp. Brongniart 1828
 Bennettitales -
Nilssoniopteris sp. Nathorst 1909
Zamites sp. n. sp. Brongniart 1828
Zamites powelli Fontaine 1890
 Coniferales - Podocarpaceae
Podozamites sp. Braun 1843 podocarp