Hurricane Cliffs Locality HC 8 Bed 7 (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Washington County, Utah (37.1° N, 113.3° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 21.3° N, 35.2° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Virgin Member (Moenkopi Formation), Spathian (248.1 - 246.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: green siltstone

• Green siltstone

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 63029: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 02.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Gusarellidae
Protogusarella smithi Perry and Chatterton 1979
Gastropoda
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
? Coelostylina "sp. a" Kittl 1894 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
Crinoidea
 Holocrinida - Holocrinidae
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Triadotiaridae
Lenticidaris utahensis Kier 1968 pencil urchin