Where: Utah (37.1° N, 113.7° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 39.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Virgin Limestone Member (Moenkopi Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone
Size class: macrofossils
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 44605: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Nicole Bonuso on 15.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Promyalina sp. Kittl 1903 clam | |
Costatoria sp. Waagen 1907 clam
Neoschizodus sp. Giebel 1855 clam | |
Unionites sp. Wissman 1841 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratulida indet. Waagen 1883 |