USGS Mesozoic Loc. 11438 - Carmel Formation (Jurassic to of the United States)

Where: Kane County, Utah (37.2° N, 112.7° W: paleocoordinates 29.8° N, 54.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by H. E. Gregory in 1922; 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 172032: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 24.07.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Astartidae
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Ostrea (Liostrea) strigilecula" = Liostrea strigilecula
"Ostrea (Liostrea) strigilecula" = Liostrea strigilecula White 1877 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae