Where: Iron County, Utah (37.6° N, 113.1° W: paleocoordinates 30.2° N, 54.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Carmel Formation, Bajocian to Bajocian (170.3 - 166.1 Ma)
• From pebbly oolitic limestone in lower part of formation about 235 ft above base.
Environment/lithology: pebbly, ooidal limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R. W. Imlay, Paul Averitt, and Hector Ugalde in 1955; reposited in the USGS
Primary reference: R. W. Imlay. 1964. Marine Jurassic Pelecypods From Central and Southern Utah. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 483-C:C1-C42 [S. Holland/P. Monarrez]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 171862: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 21.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
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Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
? Cylindrobullina sp. von Ammon 1878 snail | |
Rhabdocolpus viriosus Sohl 1965 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Trigonia americana clam | |
Vaugonia utahensis Imlay 1964 clam | |
Camptonectes platessiformis scallop | |
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
"Lima (Plagiostoma) occidentalis" = Plagiostoma
"Lima (Plagiostoma) occidentalis" = Plagiostoma file clam | |
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam |