Chainman Sh., Wallet Gulch, UT (Carboniferous of the United States)

Where: Utah (39.3° N, 113.8° W: paleocoordinates 1.2° N, 44.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Chainman Formation, Serpukhovian (330.9 - 323.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; siltstone and limestone

• based on description and my experience in the unit only
• original description is very general and applies to Chainman broadly, with little local focus

Reposited in the UNSM

Primary reference: O.L. Karklins. 1986. Journal of Paleontology Memoir 60(17):1-48 [S. Peters/S. Peters]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 64345: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Shanan Peters on 06.09.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Stenolaemata
 Trepostomida - Stenoporellidae
Stenoporella mineriensis
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Callocladia jensensis, Stenopora confusionensis, Tabulipora sarcinula, Tabulipora ricta
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp.
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Streblotrypa angulatum
 Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Saffordotaxis sp.
Saffordotaxis sp. Bassler 1952