Fish Creek, UT-21: Smithian, Utah

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
? Mytilus sp. Linnaeus 1758
12 specimens
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Myalinella sp. (Newell 1942)
7 specimens
original and current combination Myalina (Myalinella)
Promyalina sp. Kittl 1903
72 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis sp. Bittner 1901
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae
Leptochondria sp. Bittner 1891
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Claraiidae
Crittendenia sp. Newell and Boyd 1995
8 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolioides sp. Allasinaz 1972
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pleuronectites sp. Schlotheim 1820
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia sp. King 1848
20 specimens
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Elegantinia sp. (Waagen 1907)
4 specimens
Neoschizodus sp. Giebel 1855
98 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Permophorus sp. Chavan 1954
43 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites sp. Wissman 1841
15 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Utah
Coordinates: 40.6° North, 110.5° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:9.9° North, 35.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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
Formation:Moenkopi Member:Sinbad Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:44506
Authorizer:D. Bottjer Enterer:N. Bonuso
Modifier:M. Manojlovic Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-09-13 15:47:17 Last modified:2016-10-17 16:37:14
Access level:authorizer only Released:2009-09-13 15:47:17
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11667. M. Fraiser. 2005. When Bivalves Took Over the World: Global Paleoecology of Bivalves During the Aftermath of the End-Permian Mass Extinction. [D. Bottjer/N. Bonuso/N. Bonuso]