Where: Utah (37.1° N, 113.3° W: paleocoordinates 7.8° N, 39.1° 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, shelly/skeletal grainstone
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 122204: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.12.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Holocrinus smithi Clark and Twitchell 1915 Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
Miocidaris utahensis pencil urchin | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Protogusarella smithi Perry and Chatterton 1979 | |
Piarorhynchella triassica Girty 1927 |