Fish Creek, UT-1 (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Utah (40.6° N, 110.5° W: paleocoordinates 9.9° N, 35.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sinbad Limestone Member (Moenkopi Formation), Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: M. Fraiser. 2005. When Bivalves Took Over the World: Global Paleoecology of Bivalves During the Aftermath of the End-Permian Mass Extinction. [D. Bottjer/N. Bonuso/N. Bonuso]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44502: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Nicole Bonuso on 13.09.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
originally entered as "Bivalve indet."
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Elegantinia sp., Neoschizodus sp.
Elegantinia sp. Waagen 1907 clam
Neoschizodus sp. Giebel 1855 clam
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites sp.
Unionites sp. Wissman 1841 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus sp.
Permophorus sp. Chavan 1954 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Promyalina sp., "Myalinella sp." = Myalina (Myalinella)
Promyalina sp. Kittl 1903 clam
"Myalinella sp." = Myalina (Myalinella) Newell 1942 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia sp.
Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster
 Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Leptochondria sp.
Leptochondria sp. Bittner 1891 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis sp.
Eumorphotis sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolioides sp.
Entolioides sp. Allasinaz 1972 scallop
 Pectinida -
Pectinoidea indet.
Pectinoidea indet. Rafinesque 1815 scallop