Hurricane Cliffs Locality HC 9 Bed 5 (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Washington County, Utah (37.3° N, 113.3° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 39.1° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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: shelly/skeletal, calcareous marl

• Marl, calcareous towards base, rich in terebratulids

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 63033: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 02.08.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis sp.
Eumorphotis sp. Bittner 1901 scallop
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
? Promyalina sp.
? Promyalina sp. Kittl 1903 clam
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Colloniidae
Chartronella unicostata
Chartronella unicostata Batten and Stokes 1986 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
? Coelostylina "sp. a"
? Coelostylina "sp. a" Kittl 1894 snail
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Gusarellidae
Protogusarella smithi
Protogusarella smithi Perry and Chatterton 1979
one specimen bored
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
Piarorhynchella triassica
Crinoidea
 Holocrinida - Holocrinidae
Holocrinus ? dubius