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)
• 12 feet thick, covered slope; "Late Pennsylvanian"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: interdistributary bay; gray, red siltstone
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 39995: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.06.2004, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bryozoa | |
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Strophomenata | |
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852 | |
Linoproductus prattenianus Norwood and Pratten 1855
Linoproductus meniscus Dunbar and Condra 1932 | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana bellistriata" = Polidevcia bellistriata
"Nuculana bellistriata" = Polidevcia bellistriata Stevens 1858 clam | |
Chaenomya sp. Meek 1864 clam | |
Pteronites sp. McCoy 1842 oyster | |
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop | |
"Pseudomonotis kansasensis" = Pseudomonotis equistriata
"Pseudomonotis kansasensis" = Pseudomonotis equistriata Beede 1900 scallop | |
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Bellerophontoidea indet. M'Coy 1851 snail | |
Euphemites carbonarius Cox 1857 snail | |
"Knightites montfortianus" = Cymatospira montfortianus, Pharkidonotus percarinatus
"Knightites montfortianus" = Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail | |
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810 snail | |
Anomphalus rotulus Meek and Worthen 1867 snail |