Also known as BYU Locality 11005; West Canyon
Where: Utah County, Utah (40.4° N, 112.2° W: paleocoordinates 2.4° N, 41.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Manning Canyon Shale Formation, Arnsbergian (327.0 - 323.7 Ma)
• "latest Chesterian" = Arnsbergian
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; shale and shelly/skeletal limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Brigham Young University collection
Primary reference: J. K. Rigby and R. M. Moyle. 1959. Some Mississippian and Pennsylvanian sponges from Utah. Journal of Paleontology 33(3):399-403 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 90975: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 28.08.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Heteractinida | |
Wewokella solida Girty 1911
Talpaspongia clavata King 1943
"Wewokella contorta" = Regispongia contorta King 1943 |