Fusulinid Community Loc.307, Early Permian Nevada and Utah (Permian of the United States)

Where: Nevada and Utah (40.7° N, 114.1° W: paleocoordinates 14.6° N, 34.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Permian (298.9 - 251.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: sandy packstone and grainstone

• Probably occurred in a low energy environment
• Occurs commonly in granular sediments(sandy packstones and

•grainstones) and less commonly in fine-grained sediments

Collection methods: peel or thin section

• The numbers given show the average number of individuals per square centimeter in thin section slices.

Primary reference: T. E. Yancey and C.H. Stevens. 1981. Early Permian fossil communities in northeastern Nevada and northwestern Utah. In J.Gray, A.J. Boucot, and W.B.N. Berry (eds.), Communitites of the Past 243-269 [T. Olszewski/M. Gibson/S. Bruning]more details

PaleoDB collection 12076: authorized by Tom Olszewski, entered by Melissa Gibson on 07.10.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Also included in the list are 7 endothyraceans, 1 palaeotextulariid, 7 fusulinids, 1/2 bryozoa, 1 productiod brachiopod, 12 pelmatozoan columnals, and 1 echinoid.
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Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Tuberitinidae
Tuberitina sp.