Hurricane Cliffs Locality HC 2 Bed 8 (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Washington County, Utah (37.1° N, 113.3° W: paleocoordinates 7.8° N, 39.2° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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, shelly/skeletal, green, calcareous siltstone

• Green calcareous siltstone with shell beds including Promyalina, Permophorus and Leptocondria

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 63000: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 02.08.2006, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis virginensis
Eumorphotis virginensis Hautmann et al. 2013 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Promyalina putiatinensis
Promyalina putiatinensis Kiparisova 1938 clam
Left Valves Counted