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Carmel Formation II, Kane County, Utah, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 37.2167,-112.667 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Utah, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Kane County, Utah, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Carmel Formation II | Taylor P. D., Wilson M. A. (1999) | Carmel - Co-op Creek | "an 40Ar/39Ar date of 166.3 +/- 0.8 million years (Kowallis et al., 1993) from sanidine crystals in an ash bed at the base of 'Member E' of Nielson... would place the upper part of the Carmel Formation, including the bryozoans, in the Bathonian" | "limestone" | 168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Patulopora cutleri species | Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cyclostomatida : Multisparsidae : Patulopora : Patulopora cutleri | 168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic |
Oncousoecia sp. genus | Animalia : Bryozoa : Stenolaemata : Cyclostomata : Oncousoeciidae : Oncousoecia | 168.3 - 166.1 Ma Middle Jurassic |
References
Taylor P. D., Wilson M. A. (1999) Middle Jurassic bryozoans from the Carmel formation of southwestern Utah, Journal of Paleontology 73 5, 816-830 |
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!