White Hills, UT-4 (Triassic of the United States)

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
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Promyalina sp. Kittl 1903 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Costatoria sp. Waagen 1907 clam
Neoschizodus sp. Giebel 1855 clam
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites sp. Wissman 1841 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida -