Where: Washington County, Utah (37.2° N, 113.2° W: paleocoordinates 7.9° N, 39.1° W)
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Virgin Member (Moenkopi Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithified, calcareous grainstone and lithified, green shale
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 63038: 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 | |
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Bakevellia cf. costatus oyster | |
? Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop | |
Eumorphotis virginensis n. sp.1
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Tentaculita | |
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