Where: Utah (37.0° N, 113.7° W: paleocoordinates 8.0° N, 39.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Virgin Formation, Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, massive, sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by R. Hofmann, M. Wasmer in 2009, 2010
Primary reference: R. Hofmann, M. Hautmann, M. Wasmer and H. Bucher. 2013. Palaeoecology of the Spathian Virgin Formation (Utah, USA) and its implications for the Early Triassic recovery. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58:149-173 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 122198: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida | |
Cypellospongia "sp. A" Rigby and Gosney 1983 glass sponge | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda "indet. A" Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Promyalina putiatinensis, "Myalinella "sp. A"" = Myalina (Myalinella)
Promyalina putiatinensis Kiparisova 1938 clam
"Myalinella "sp. A"" = Myalina (Myalinella) Newell 1942 clam | |
Eumorphotis ericius Hautmann et al. 2013 scallop
Eumorphotis cf. venetiana Hauer 1850 scallop
Eumorphotis cf. multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop | |
Leptochondria nuetzeli Hautmann et al. 2013 scallop | |
Pernopecten "sp. A" Winchell 1865 scallop | |
Bakevellia costata Schlotheim 1820 oyster | |
Unionites canalensis Catullo 1847 clam
Unionites fassaensis Wissmann 1841 clam | |
Trigonodus cf. orientalis Bittner 1899 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Piarorhynchella triassica Girty 1927 | |
Protogusarella smithi Perry and Chatterton 1979 | |
Crinoidea | |
Holocrinus smithi Clark and Twitchell 1915 Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
Miocidaris utahensis pencil urchin |