Hurricane Cliffs Locality HC 6 Bed 10: Spathian, Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Myophoricardiidae
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Pseudocorbula sp.
Philippi 1898
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Bakevelliidae
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Bakevellia sp.
King 1848
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bakevellia cf. costata
(Schlotheim 1820)
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2 specimens | ||||||
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= Bakevellia costata
Schlotheim 1820
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Hautmann et al. 2013 | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Hunanopectinidae
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Leptochondria sp.
Bittner 1891
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Aviculopectinidae
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Eumorphotis multiformis
(Bittner 1899)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Echinoidea
- Cidaroida
- Triadotiaridae
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Lenticidaris sp.
Kier 1968
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Washington |
| Coordinates: | 37.1° North, 113.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.9° North, 39.1° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early Triassic |
| Stage: | Olenekian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Spathian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 248.9 - 247.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination,shelly/skeletal calcareous siltstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Shell-rich calcareous siltstone. Marly at base, better cemented higher up. Packed with single valves of decalcified terabratiulids. A few Holocrinus columnals | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 63015 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. McGowan, M. Clapham | Enterer: | A. McGowan, M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-08-02 06:31:57 | Last modified: | 2006-08-02 09:31:57 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2006-08-02 06:31:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18152. | A. J. McGowan, A. B. Smith, and P. D. Taylor. 2009. Faunal diversity, heterogeneity and body size in the Early Triassic: testing post-extinction paradigms in the Virgin Limestone of Utah, USA. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 56:859-872 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 44069 | M. Hautmann, A. B. Smith, A. J. McGowan and H. Bucher. 2013. Bivalves from the Olenekian (Early Triassic) of south-western Utah: systematics and evolutionary significance. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11:263-293 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |