Cedar City Section Bed 5 (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Iron County, Utah (37.7° N, 113.1° W: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 38.7° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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: siltstone

• Cross-bedded siltstone with occasional bivalve shells. Steinkerns and crinoidal debris

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 62989: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 02.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia cf. exporrecta Lepsius 1878 oyster
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
"Promyalina putiatensis" = Promyalina putiatinensis
"Promyalina putiatensis" = Promyalina putiatinensis Kiparisova 1938 clam