USGS Mesozoic Loc. 28467 - Carmel Formation (Jurassic to of the United States)

Where: Washington County, Utah (37.3° N, 113.8° W: paleocoordinates 30.0° N, 55.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• 430ft above base of limestone member.

Environment/lithology: ooidal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. W. Imlay and N. F. Sohl in 1961; 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 171920: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 22.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Lyosoma powelli White 1876 snail
Neritina phaseolaris White 1874 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Procerithiidae
Rhabdocolpus viriosus Sohl 1965 snail
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Lima (Plagiostoma) occidentalis" = Plagiostoma
"Lima (Plagiostoma) occidentalis" = Plagiostoma file clam