Hurricane Cliffs HC-B-1 (Triassic of the United States)

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
 Holocrinida - Holocrinidae
Holocrinus smithi Clark and Twitchell 1915 Sea lily
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Miocidaridae
Miocidaris utahensis pencil urchin
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Gusarellidae
Protogusarella smithi Perry and Chatterton 1979
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae