Gardner Canyon, Great Blue Limestone: Meramecian, Idaho-Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Pecten sp.
Müller 1776
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer sp.
Sowerby 1818
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Anthracospirifer sp.
Lane 1963
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Martiniidae
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Martinia sp.
M'Coy 1844
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Composita sp.
Brown 1849
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Neoretziidae
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Hustedia sp.
Hall and Clarke 1893
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Punctospiriferidae
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Punctospirifer sp.
North 1920
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Cranaenidae
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Girtyella sp.
Weller 1911
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Rugosochonetes sp.
Sokolskaja 1950
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Diaphragmus sp.
Girty 1910
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? Protoniella sp.
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Flexaria sp.
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Fenestella sp.
Lonsdale 1839
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Acanthocladiidae
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Penniretepora sp.
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Idaho-Utah |
| Coordinates: | 42.2° North, 112.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.4° South, 45.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Visean | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2 | *Local age/stage: | Meramec - Chester |
| Key time interval: | Meramecian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 343.10000 - 335.80000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Great Blue Limestone | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Upper Meramec and Lower Chester" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | cherty/siliceous "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
| Environment: | offshore shelf |
| Geology comments: "med to massive bedded ls, silty, some chert, some beds of sh and sltst. open shelf. geosynclinal, BA4" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:"S.S. Beus, 1968. Paleozoic strat of Samaria Mtn, Idaho-Utah. AAPG Bull. 52:782-808" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 576 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sepkoski | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | J. Ju | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-01-19 14:12:37 | Last modified: | 2017-01-07 20:15:54 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-01-19 14:12:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 61177. | S. S. Beus. 1968. Paleozoic Stratigraphy of Samaria Mountain, Idaho-Utah. AAPG Bulletin 52:782-808 [M. Uhen/J. Ju] |