Iron Canyon (Carboniferous of the United States)

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

• "shale and fossil 'hashy' 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
 Octactinellida - Wewokellidae
Wewokella solida Girty 1911
"Wewokella contorta" = Regispongia contorta King 1943