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Spirinella Community in the Laketown Dolomite, Utah County, Utah, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)40,-112
Co-ordinates Derivationestimated from map
Given LocationNevada, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Utah County, Utah, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Spirinella Community in the Laketown Dolomite, NevadaSheehan P. M. (1980)Laketown Dolomite - Jack ValleyC6 (Late Llandovery) through Early Wenlock.dolomite443.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Ancillotoechia sp.
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Trigonirhynchiidae : Ancillotoechia443.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Spiriferida
order
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida443.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Spirinella sp.
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Reticulariidae : Spirinella443.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Strophoprion geniculatum
species
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophonellidae : Strophonella : Strophoprion geniculatum443.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Rugosa
subclass
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Rugosa443.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Rhizophyllum sp.
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Goniophyllidae : Rhizophyllum443.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian
Asthenophyllum sp.
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Streptelasmatidae : Asthenophyllum443.4 - 427.4 Ma
Silurian

References

Sheehan P. M. (1980) Paleogeography and marine communities of the Silurian carbonate shelf in Utah and Nevada, in T. D. Fouch and E. R. Magathan, eds. Paleozoic paleogeography of west-central United States. Rocky Mountain Section, SEPM, 19-37
Boucot A. J. (1999) Some Wenlockian-Geddinian, chiefly brachiopod dominated communities of North America, Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian, 549-591
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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