USGS 3511, Cap Rock Mine, Montpelier Canyon, Bear Lake County (Permian of the United States)

Where: Idaho (42.3° N, 111.2° W: paleocoordinates 14.9° N, 32.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Meade Peak Member (Phosphoria Formation), Roadian (272.3 - 268.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: G. H. Girty. 1910. The fauna of the Phosphate beds of the Park City Formation. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 436:1-82 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88260: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Diconularia meadepeakensis2
Diconularia meadepeakensis2 Weldon and Shi 2003 jellyfish
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
? Lingula carbonaria
? Lingula carbonaria Shumard and Swallow 1858
 Lingulida - Discinidae
"Lingulodiscina missouriensis" = Orbiculoidea missouriensis
"Lingulodiscina missouriensis" = Orbiculoidea missouriensis Shumard 1858
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
"Chonetes ostiolatus n. sp." = Komiella ostiolata
"Chonetes ostiolatus n. sp." = Komiella ostiolata Girty 1910
 Productida - Productidae
"Productus geniculatus n. sp." = Yakovlevia geniculata
"Productus geniculatus n. sp." = Yakovlevia geniculata Girty 1910
 Productida - Linoproductidae
"Productus phosphaticus n. sp." = Cancrinella phosphatica, "Productus eucharis n. sp." = Anidanthus eucharis
"Productus phosphaticus n. sp." = Cancrinella phosphatica Girty 1910
"Productus eucharis n. sp." = Anidanthus eucharis Girty 1910
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
"Productus montpelierensis n. sp." = Bathymyonia nevadensis
"Productus montpelierensis n. sp." = Bathymyonia nevadensis Meek 1877
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Ambocoelia arcuata n. sp." = Crurithyris arcuata
"Ambocoelia arcuata n. sp." = Crurithyris arcuata Girty 1910
 Rhynchonellida -
Wellerelloidea indet.1
Wellerelloidea indet.1 Licharew 1956
var. occidentalis
 Rhynchonellida - Petasmariidae
"Pugnax weeksi" = Rhynoleichus weeksi
"Pugnax weeksi" = Rhynoleichus weeksi Girty 1908
includes var. nobilis
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora taylori n. sp.
Rhynchopora taylori n. sp. Girty 1910
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
? Dielasma sp.
? Dielasma sp. Beede and Rogers 1900
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Prodentaliidae
"Plagioglypta canna" = Prodentalium canna
"Plagioglypta canna" = Prodentalium canna White 1874 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
"Leda obesa" = Polidevcia obesa
"Leda obesa" = Polidevcia obesa White 1879 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculidae indet.1, "Nucula montpelierensis" = Nuculopsis montpelierensis
Nuculidae indet.1 Gray 1824 nut clam
"Nucula montpelierensis" = Nuculopsis montpelierensis Girty 1910 nut clam
 Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
"Aviculopecten montpelierensis n. sp." = Streblopteria montpelierensis
"Aviculopecten montpelierensis n. sp." = Streblopteria montpelierensis Girty 1910 scallop
 Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
? Cardiomorpha sp.
? Cardiomorpha sp. de Koninck 1844 clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus ferrieri
Schizodus ferrieri Girty 1910 clam
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
"Pleurotomaria aff. nevadensis" = Ananias nevadensis, "Pleurotomaria idahoensis" = Gosseletina idahoensis
"Pleurotomaria aff. nevadensis" = Ananias nevadensis Walcott 1884 snail
"Pleurotomaria idahoensis" = Gosseletina idahoensis Girty 1910 snail
 Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae
"Omphalotrochus ferrieri n. sp." = Babylonites ferrieri, "Omphalotrochus conoideus" = Babylonites conoideus
"Omphalotrochus ferrieri n. sp." = Babylonites ferrieri Girty 1908 snail
includes variant
"Omphalotrochus conoideus" = Babylonites conoideus Girty 1908 snail
1Clapham 2015; 2Weldon and Shi 2003