PBDB Collection

Hurricane Cliffs Locality HC 5 Bed 6 (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Washington County, Utah (37.1° N, 113.3° W: paleocoordinates 7.8° N, 39.1° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Virgin Member (Moenkopi Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shelly/skeletal limestone

• More or less bioturbated rubbly bioclastic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: A. J. McGowan, A. B. Smith, and P. D. Taylor. 2009. Faunal diversity, heterogeneity and body size in the Early Triassic: testing post-extinction paradigms in the Virgin Limestone of Utah, USA. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 56:859-872 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63007: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 02.08.2006, edited by Matthew Clapham

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Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
Cidaroida - Triadotiaridae	Lenticidaris sp. Lenticidaris sp. Kier 1968 pencil urchin spine
Crinoidea
Holocrinida - Holocrinidae	Holocrinus ? dubius, Holocrinus sp. Holocrinus ? dubius Sea lily Holocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1886 Sea lily
Gastropoda
-	Gastropoda indet. Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail Morph C, 2nd Collection [originally entered as "Gastropoda sp."]
Neritoidea - Naticopsidae	Naticopsis utahensis Naticopsis utahensis Batten and Stokes 1986 snail 2nd Collection
Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae	Worthenia sp. Worthenia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail 2nd Collection
Trochoidea - Colloniidae	Chartronella unicostata Chartronella unicostata Batten and Stokes 1986 snail 2nd Collection
Bivalvia
-	Bivalvia indet. Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam Left-Hand Valves Counted, 2nd Collection [originally entered as "Bivalvia sp."]
Mytilida - Mytilidae	Modiolus sp. Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
Ostreida - Bakevelliidae	Bakevellia cf. exporrecta¹, Bakevellia costata¹ Bakevellia cf. exporrecta¹ Lepsius 1878 oyster Bakevellia costata¹ Schlotheim 1820 oyster
Pectinida - Entoliidae	Entolium sp. Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop Left Valves Counted, 2nd Collection
Pectinida - Hunanopectinidae	Leptochondria sp. Leptochondria sp. Bittner 1891 scallop
Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae	Eumorphotis multiformis Eumorphotis multiformis Bittner 1899 scallop
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Pleuronectites sp. Pleuronectites sp. Schlotheim 1820 scallop
Myalinida - Myalinidae	"Promyalina putiatensis" = Promyalina putiatinensis "Promyalina putiatensis" = Promyalina putiatinensis Kiparisova 1938 clam
Cardiida - Kalenteridae	Permophorus triassicus Permophorus triassicus Newell and Boyd 1999 clam
Trigoniida - Myophoriidae	Myophoria sp., ? Heminajas cf. balatonis¹ Myophoria sp. Bronn 1834 clam ? Heminajas cf. balatonis¹ Frech 1905 clam
Trigoniida - Trigonodidae	Trigonodus cf. orientalis¹ Trigonodus cf. orientalis¹ Bittner 1899 clam
Tentaculita
Microconchida -	Microconchus utahensis² Microconchus utahensis² Zatoń et al. 2013
Rhynchonellata
Rhynchonellida - Norellidae	Piarorhynchella triassica Piarorhynchella triassica Girty 1927
Terebratulida - Gusarellidae	Protogusarella smithi Protogusarella smithi Perry and Chatterton 1979

¹Hautmann et al. 2013; ²Zatoń et al. 2013