DH1-0, Disappointment Hills, Confusion Range: Smithian, Utah

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Polygyrina informal sp. A
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pteriidae
Confusionella loczyi (Bittner 1901)
22 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Leptochondria occidanea (Meek 1877)
10 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis cf. beneckei (Bittner 1901)
1 specimen
synonym of Neomorphotis comta
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingularia borealis (Bittner 1899)
5 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Utah
Coordinates: 39.4° North, 113.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.0° North, 38.3° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Early/Lower Triassic
Stage:Olenekian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 1
Key time interval:Smithian
Age range of interval:251.20000 - 248.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Thaynes
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Preflorianites-Kashmirites beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: Thin limestone bed within dominantly mudstone section
Environment:deep subtidal ramp
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Palaeontological Institute and Museum at the University of Zürich (PIMUZ)
Metadata
Database number:156103
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-05-08 00:18:32 Last modified:2016-10-20 13:22:36
Access level:the public Released:2014-05-08 00:18:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

51103. R. Hofmann, H. Hautmann, A. Brayard, A. Nützel, K. G. Bylund, J. F. Jenks, E. Vennin, N. Olivier, and H. Bucher. 2014. Recovery of benthic marine communities from the end-Permian mass extinction at the low latitudes of eastern Panthalassa. Palaeontology 57:547-589 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]