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Vicinity of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 40.79,-111.83 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Utah, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Salt Lake County, Utah, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Vicinity of Salt Lake City | Marcou J. | Round Valley | It is not certain that Marcou's specimens came from the Round Valley Limestone, but it seems to be the most likely unit to be called "Mountain Limestone" in the vicinity of Salt Lake City. | "limestone" | 323.2 - 315.2 Ma Carboniferous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Hustedia mormoni species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Neoretziidae : Hustedia : Hustedia mormoni | 323.2 - 315.2 Ma Carboniferous |
Pugnax utah species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Pugnacidae : Pugnax : Pugnax utah | 323.2 - 315.2 Ma Carboniferous |
References
Marcou J. , Geology of North America with two reports on the Prairies of Arkansas and Texas, the Rocky Mountains of New Mexico, and the Sierra Nevada of California, 1-144 |
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!