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 | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Lyosoma powelli White 1876 snail
Neritina phaseolaris White 1874 snail | |
Rhabdocolpus viriosus Sohl 1965 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Astarte (Coelastarte) cf. livingstonensis Imlay 1964 clam | |
"Lima (Plagiostoma) occidentalis" = Plagiostoma
"Lima (Plagiostoma) occidentalis" = Plagiostoma file clam |