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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 | |
Permophorus sp. Chavan 1954 clam | |
? Neoschizodus sp. Giebel 1855 clam
Neoschizodus praeorbicularis Bittner 1901 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
? Chartronella sp. Cossman 1902 snail | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Protogusarella smithi Perry and Chatterton 1979 | |
"Piarorhynchella triassicus" = Nudirostralina
"Piarorhynchella triassicus" = Nudirostralina |