USGS Mesozoic Loc. 16700 - Carmel Formation (Jurassic to of the United States)

Where: Washington County, Utah (37.2° N, 113.3° W: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 54.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Carmel Formation, Bajocian to Bajocian (170.3 - 166.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by C. E. Dobbin in 1934; 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 171892: 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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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
columnals
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Plagiostoma) occidentalis" = Plagiostoma
"Lima (Plagiostoma) occidentalis" = Plagiostoma file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes stygius White 1874 scallop
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Myophorella (Promyophorella) montanaensis" = Trigonia montanaensis
"Myophorella (Promyophorella) montanaensis" = Trigonia montanaensis Meek 1873 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Pronoella uintahensis Imlay 1964 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte sp. Sowerby 1816 clam