Kanaraville Samples (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Iron County, Utah (37.5° N, 113.2° W: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 38.9° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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: lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

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: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 62993: 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
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus sp. Chavan 1954 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
? Neoschizodus sp. Giebel 1855 clam
Neoschizodus praeorbicularis Bittner 1901 clam
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Colloniidae
? Chartronella sp. Cossman 1902 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Gusarellidae
Protogusarella smithi Perry and Chatterton 1979
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
"Piarorhynchella triassicus" = Nudirostralina
"Piarorhynchella triassicus" = Nudirostralina