USGS Mesozoic Loc. 26309 - Carmel Formation: Bajocian - Bathonian, Utah
collected by R. W. Imlay 1956
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Ehrenberg 1834
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| corals | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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| columnals | ||||||||||
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Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet.
(Leske 1778)
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Ostrea (Liostrea) strigilecula
(White 1877)
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| recombined as Liostrea strigilecula | ||||||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Camptonectes cf. platessiformis
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Limidae
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Lima (Plagiostoma) occidentalis
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| original and current combination Plagiostoma | ||||||||||
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Ctenostreon sp.
Eichwald 1862
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Pronoella cf. uintahensis
Imlay 1964
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Bivalvia
- Trigoniida
- Myophorellidae
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Vaugonia conradi
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Vaugonia utahensis
Imlay 1964
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Iron |
| Coordinates: | 37.6° North, 113.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.2° North, 54.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Oolitic sandy limestone overlying cliff-forming limestone whose top is 235 ft above top of Navajo Sandstone. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ooidal sandy "limestone" |
| Lithology description: Oolitic sandy limestone overlying cliff-forming limestone | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USGS | ||
| Collectors: | R. W. Imlay | Collection dates: | 1956 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 171863 | ||
| Authorizer: | S. Holland | Enterer: | P. Monarrez |
| Modifier: | P. Monarrez | ||
| Created: | 2015-07-21 17:09:52 | Last modified: | 2015-09-06 16:00:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-07-21 17:09:52 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 55237. | R. W. Imlay. 1964. Marine Jurassic Pelecypods From Central and Southern Utah. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 483-C:C1-C42 [S. Holland/P. Monarrez] |