Where: Grand County, Utah (38.6° N, 109.6° W: paleocoordinates 3.5° N, 37.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Honaker Trail Formation, Kasimovian to Kasimovian (307.0 - 298.9 Ma)
• Unit 13 combined (13A, 13B, 13C) is 1 feet, 9 inches thick; "Late Pennsylvanian"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; gray, argillaceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: R. A. Melton. 1972. Paleoecology and paleoenvironment of the upper Honaker Trail Formation near Moab, Utah. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 19(2):45-88 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 39994: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Trilobita | |
Ditomopyge sp. Newell 1931 trilobite | |
Strophomenata | |
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852 | |
Linoproductus meniscus Dunbar and Condra 1932 | |
"Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis
"Marginifera wabashensis" = Hystriculina wabashensis Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
"Marginifera lasallensis" = Kutorginella lasallensis
"Marginifera lasallensis" = Kutorginella lasallensis Worthen 1873 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Neospirifer kansasensis Swallow 1866 | |
Bryozoa | |
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Bivalvia | |
Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam | |
Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam | |
"Pseudomonotis equistriata" = Pseudomonotis equistriata, "Pseudomonotis kansasensis" = Pseudomonotis equistriata
"Pseudomonotis equistriata" = Pseudomonotis equistriata Beede 1900 scallop
"Pseudomonotis kansasensis" = Pseudomonotis equistriata Beede 1900 scallop | |
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop | |
Acanthopecten carboniferus Stevens 1858 scallop | |
Limatula sp. Wood 1839 file clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail | |
Euphemites carbonarius Cox 1857 snail | |
Worthenia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail | |
Echinoidea | |
"Echinocrinus sp." = Archaeocidaris
"Echinocrinus sp." = Archaeocidaris M'Coy 1844 sea urchin |