Also known as Andrus Canyon, collection 10 ft above base of formation
Where: Arizona (36.2° N, 113.4° W: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 43.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Watahomigi Formation (Supai Group), Morrowan (323.2 - 318.6 Ma)
• The Watahomigi is comprised of three informal units: a lower slope unit, a middle cliff unit, and an upper slope unit.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, red, blue, conglomeratic limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USGS
Primary reference: E. D. McKee. 1982. The Supai Group of the Grand Canyon. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1173 [J. Alroy/C. Simpson/C. Simpson]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42708: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Carl Simpson on 04.08.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
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Trilobita | |
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Bivalvia | |
Aviculopecten gravidus scallop | |
Oriocrassatella sp. Etheridge 1907 clam | |
Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam | |
Strophomenata | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Punctospirifer transversus McChesney 1860 | |
Composita sp. Brown 1849 | |
Lingulata | |
Lingula sp. BruguiƩre 1797 | |
Stenolaemata | |
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