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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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
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 | |
Protogusarella smithi Perry and Chatterton 1979 | |
Gastropoda | |
? Coelostylina "sp. a" Kittl 1894 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Eumorphotis sp. Bittner 1901 scallop | |
Crinoidea | |
Holocrinus ? dubius Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
Lenticidaris utahensis Kier 1968 pencil urchin |