Where: Washington County, Utah (37.1° N, 113.8° W: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 39.5° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Virgin Member (Moenkopi Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, green, calcareous siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: A. J. McGowan, A. B. Smith, and P. D. Taylor. 2009. Faunal diversity, heterogeneity and body size in the Early Triassic: testing post-extinction paradigms in the Virgin Limestone of Utah, USA. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 56:859-872 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 62967: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 02.08.2006, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Promyalina putiatinensis Kiparisova 1938 clam |