Mormon Gap, biostrome, Ely Limestone (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Reef 2014

Where: Utah (38.7° N, 113.9° W: paleocoordinates 4.7° N, 40.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ely Formation, Desmoinesian (312.8 - 306.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified packstone

• 2 m thick biostrome
• plate-supported packstone with discontinuous interbeds of whole rugose coral-echinoid spine wackestone; interplate lenses are filled with peloids and silt-size shell debris

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: encrusters are chiefly tubular foraminifera; echinoids, solitary rugose corals, gastropods, small foraminifera, articulate brachiopods and fenestrate bryozoans reported to be present

Primary reference: S. M. Ritter and T. H. Morris. 1997. Oldest and lowest latitudinal occurence of Palaeoaplysina: Middle Pennsylvanian Ely Limestone, Burbank Hills, Utah. Palaios 12(4):397-401 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 63144: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.08.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
Idiognathodus sp.
Idiognathodus sp. Gunnell 1931 conodont
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Komia sp.
Komia sp. Korde 1951
 Archaeolithophyllales - Palaoaplysinaceae
Palaeoaplysina laminaeformis