USGS Mesozoic Loc. 17412 - Carmel Formation (Jurassic to of the United States)

Where: Emery County, Utah (38.7° N, 110.6° W: paleocoordinates 30.9° N, 52.1° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

• Upper part of formation.

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A. A. Baker in 1930; 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 171990: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 23.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Lyosoma enoda Sohl 1965 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea (Liostrea) strigilecula" = Liostrea strigilecula
"Ostrea (Liostrea) strigilecula" = Liostrea strigilecula White 1877 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes stygius White 1874 scallop
 Cardiida - Quenstedtiidae
? Quenstedtia sp. Morris 1854 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Pronoella uintahensis Imlay 1964 clam