Where: Washington County, Utah (37.1° N, 113.7° W: paleocoordinates 8.4° 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• coordinate based on unpublished field data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 limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the USNM
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 64715: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 13.09.2006, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Tentaculita | |
Microconchus utahensis2 Zatoń et al. 2013 | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
Protogusarella smithi Perry and Chatterton 1979 | |
Echinoidea | |
Lenticidaris utahensis Kier 1968 pencil urchin |