Honaker Trail Formation, Moab, Utah, Unit 14 (Carboniferous to of the United States)

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

• "Probably an interdistributary bay or clastic lagoon"
• Shale: very fine-grained silt, gray red to light gray

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
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
sheeting and twiggy branching
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer
"Chonetes granulifer" = Neochonetes granulifer Owen 1852
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
 Productida - Linoproductidae
Linoproductus prattenianus Norwood and Pratten 1855
Linoproductus meniscus Dunbar and Condra 1932
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
"Nuculana bellistriata" = Polidevcia bellistriata
"Nuculana bellistriata" = Polidevcia bellistriata Stevens 1858 clam
 Pholadomyida - Chaenomyidae
Chaenomya sp. Meek 1864 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
Pteronites sp. McCoy 1842 oyster
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop
 Pectinida - Pseudomonotidae
"Pseudomonotis kansasensis" = Pseudomonotis equistriata
"Pseudomonotis kansasensis" = Pseudomonotis equistriata Beede 1900 scallop
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida -
Bellerophontoidea indet. M'Coy 1851 snail
 Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites carbonarius Cox 1857 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Knightites montfortianus" = Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855 snail
Pharkidonotus percarinatus Conrad 1842 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810 snail
 Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
Anomphalus rotulus Meek and Worthen 1867 snail