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Park City - Plympton, USA

GroupPark City
FormationPlympton
Age:269 - 265 Ma
Permian
IntervalWordian
Lithologylimestone, dolomite, packstone
Number of Collections4
Number of Occurrences18

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Spruce Mountain SM-Elko County, Nevada, USAPark City - Plympton
"Gerster Gulch"Tooele County, Utah, USAPark City - Plympton
Medicine Range MR-Elko County, Nevada, USAPark City - Plympton

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Park City - Gerster265 - 260 Ma
Permian
wackestone, "limestone", packstone, grainstone, siltstone, wackestone/packstone, packstone/lime mudstone1192

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Composita mira
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Composita : Composita mira268.8 - 265.1 Ma
Permian
Composita parasulcata
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Composita : Composita parasulcata268.8 - 265.1 Ma
Permian
Rhynchopora taylori
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchoporidae : Rhynchopora : Rhynchopora taylori268.8 - 265.1 Ma
Permian
Xestotrema pulchrum
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferinida : Pennospiriferinidae : Xestotrema : Xestotrema pulchrum268.8 - 265.1 Ma
Permian
Derbyia sulca
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Derbyiidae : Derbyia : Derbyia sulca268.8 - 265.1 Ma
Permian
Bathymyonia nevadensis
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Echinoconchidae : Bathymyonia : Bathymyonia nevadensis268.8 - 265.1 Ma
Permian
Echinauris subhorrida
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Productellidae : Echinauris : Echinauris subhorrida268.8 - 265.1 Ma
Permian
Rugatia occidentalis
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Productellidae : Rugatia : Rugatia occidentalis268.8 - 265.1 Ma
Permian
Thamnosia depressa
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Productidae : Thamnosia : Thamnosia depressa268.8 - 265.1 Ma
Permian
Bryozoa
phylum
2Animalia : Bryozoa268.8 - 265.1 Ma
Permian
Mollusca
phylum
2Animalia : Mollusca268.8 - 265.1 Ma
Permian
Pectinoidea
superfamily
4.7Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Pectinoidea268.8 - 265.1 Ma
Permian
Cyrtorostra sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Pectinida : Cyrtorostridae : Cyrtorostra268.8 - 265.1 Ma
Permian

References

Wardlaw B. R. (1977) The biostratigraphy and paleoecology of the Gerster Limestone (Upper Permian) in Nevada and Utah, U.S.G.S. Open File Report 77 470, 1-125
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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