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
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Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Lyosoma enoda Sohl 1965 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Ostrea (Liostrea) strigilecula" = Liostrea strigilecula
"Ostrea (Liostrea) strigilecula" = Liostrea strigilecula White 1877 oyster | |
Camptonectes stygius White 1874 scallop | |
? Quenstedtia sp. Morris 1854 clam | |
Pronoella uintahensis Imlay 1964 clam |