USGS D5427: Middle Turonian - Early/Lower Campanian, Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Myalinida
- Inoceramidae
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Volviceramus koeneni
Mueller 1888
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Inoceramus cf. albertensis
McLearn 1926
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Garfield |
| Coordinates: | 37.8° North, 111.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.6° North, 79.7° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
| Key time interval: | Middle Turonian - Early/Lower Campanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 93.90000 - 72.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Straight Cliffs |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified sandstone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 100218 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-12-01 20:53:26 | Last modified: | 2022-05-09 05:03:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-12-01 20:53:26 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 34356. | I. Walaszczyk and W. A. Cobban. 2006. Palaeontology and stratigraphy of the Middle-Upper Coniacian and Santonian inoceramids of the US Western Interior. Acta Geologica Polonica 56(3):241-348 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |