Where: Grand County, Utah (38.6° N, 109.6° W: paleocoordinates 3.5° N, 37.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Honaker Trail Formation, Kasimovian to Kasimovian (307.0 - 298.9 Ma)
• 7 feet thick, ledge and slope former; "Late Pennsylvanian"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; bioturbated, gray, red, sandy dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),
Primary reference: R. A. Melton. 1972. Paleoecology and paleoenvironment of the upper Honaker Trail Formation near Moab, Utah. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 19(2):45-88 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 39996: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 13.06.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Bryozoa | |
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Gastropoda | |
Straparollus sp. de Montfort 1810 snail | |
Ptychomphalus sp. Agassiz 1839 snail | |
Echinoidea | |
"Echinocrinus sp." = Archaeocidaris
"Echinocrinus sp." = Archaeocidaris M'Coy 1844 sea urchin |