Blacksmith Fork: Emsian, Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Pteraspidomorpha
- Pteraspidiformes
- Protaspididae
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| Orvig 1961 | ||||||||||
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Pteraspidomorphes
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| Denison 1953 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
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| Burrow 2007 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Ischnacanthiformes
- Ischnacanthidae
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| Burrow 2007 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
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| Burrow 2007 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Diplacanthiformes
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| Burrow 2007 | ||||||||||
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Placodermi
- Arthrodira
- Actinolepidae
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Bryantolepis sp.
Denison 1958
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Petromyzontida
- Cephalaspidiformes
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| Branson and Mehl 1931 | ||||||||||
| Number 592, Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Missouri (holotype) | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah |
| Coordinates: | 41.6° North, 111.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.0° South, 77.1° West (Wright 2013) |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Early Devonian |
| Stage: | Emsian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Emsian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 407.6 - 393.3 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Water Canyon | Member: | Lower Grassy Flat |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | massive lithified dolomite |
| Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 233171 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Bicknell, J. Flannery-Sutherland | Enterer: | R. Bicknell, J. Flannery-Sutherland |
| Modifier: | J. Flannery-Sutherland | ||
| Created: | 2024-01-17 12:56:43 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2024-01-17 12:56:43 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 87224. | R. H. Denison. 1958. The Devonian vertebrates of Utah, Part 3 ARTHRODIRA. Fieldiana 11(9):491-551 [R. Bicknell/R. Bicknell] |
Secondary references:
| 65990 | E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl. 1931. The Journal of Geology. 39(6):509-531 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] | |
| 90386 | C. Burrow. 2007. Early Devonian (Emsian) acanthodian faunas of the Western USA. Journal of Paleontology 81(5):824-840 [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland/P. Wagner] | |
| 90148 | R. Denison. 1953. Early Devonian Fishes from Utah. Part II Heterostraci. Fieldiana: Geology 11(2):1-78 [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland] | |
| 90825 | Orvig. 1961. Notes on some early representatives of the Drepanaspida (Pteraspidomorphi, Heterostraci). Arkiv for Zoologi 12:515-535 [J. Flannery-Sutherland/J. Flannery-Sutherland] |