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: shoreface; lithified, sandy packstone
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 122201: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Crinoidea | |
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Holocrinus smithi Clark and Twitchell 1915 Sea lily | |
| Echinoidea | |
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Miocidaris utahensis pencil urchin | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Protogusarella smithi Perry and Chatterton 1979 | |
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Piarorhynchella triassica Girty 1927 | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Unionites fassaensis Wissmann 1841 clam | |
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Sementiconcha recuperator Hautmann et al. 2013 clam | |
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Eumorphotis ericius Hautmann et al. 2013 scallop
Eumorphotis cf. multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop
Eumorphotis cf. venetiana Hauer 1850 scallop | |
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Bakevellia costata Schlotheim 1820 oyster
Bakevellia exporrecta Lepsius 1878 oyster | |
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Promyalina putiatinensis Kiparisova 1938 clam | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Gastropoda "indet. A" Cuvier 1795 snail | |
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Natiria cf. costata Munster 1841 snail | |