Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale Member, Phosphoria Formation of Utah: Roadian, Utah

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Chondrichthyes - Eugeneodontiformes - Helicoprionidae
Helicoprion sp. Karpinsky 1899
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Orbiculoidea (Roemerella) utahensis (Meek 1877)
Lingulata - Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Chonetes ostiolatus Girty 1910
Chonetes cf. ostiolatus Girty 1910
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Cancrinella sp.
Cancrinella cf. phosphatica (Girty 1910)
Anidanthus echaris
Anidanthus cf. echaris
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Bathymyonia cf. nevadensis (Meek 1877)
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris cf. arcuatus
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
Wellerella sp. Dunbar and Condra 1932
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
Leiorhynchus sp. Hall 1860
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
Babylonites sp. Yochelson 1956
Babylonites conoideus (Girty 1908)
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Euphemitidae
Euphemites sp. Warthin 1930
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida
Belemnitida indet. Zittel 1895
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Heteropectinidae
Girtypecten sp. Newell 1938
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblochondria montpelierensis (Girty 1910)
Streblochondria sp. Newell 1938
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus subovatus Ciriacks 1963
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia sp. (Tschernyschev 1943)
Polidevcia obesa (White 1879)
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Utah
Coordinates: 39.6° North, 110.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.5° North, 33.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period: Permian Epoch: Guadalupian
Stage: Roadian 10 m.y. bin: Permian 3
Key time interval: Roadian
Age range of interval: 273.01 - 266.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Phosphoria Member:Meade Peak Phosphatic Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:phosphatic claystone
Secondary lithology:black "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Interbedding phosphatic claystones and dark, fine grained limestone.
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Might also be known as Meade Peak Limestone
Database number:11271
Authorizer:A. Miller Enterer:C. Ferguson
Modifier:C. Ferguson Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2001-07-30 08:40:01 Last modified:2006-07-13 16:07:32
Access level:the public Released:2001-07-30 08:40:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
4145.1% 17920E. L. Yochelson and D. H. Van Sickle. 1968. Biostratigraphy of the Phosphoria, Park City, and Shedhorn Formations; Geology of Permian Rocks in the Western Phosphate Field. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 313(D):572-660 [A. Miller/C. Ferguson/P. Wagner]