Hurricane Cliffs Locality HC 6 Bed 14: Spathian, Utah
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
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| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||||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: | burrows,micaceous,brown,green silty "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Green turing to grey brown shale. Top horizontal burrows. Upper part more silty/micaceous. Small Unionites found | |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 63019 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. McGowan | Enterer: | A. McGowan | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-08-02 06:41:19 | Last modified: | 2006-08-02 09:41:20 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2006-08-02 06:41:18 |
| 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] |