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Little Valley fish locality, San Juan County, Utah, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 38.1333,-109.183 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Utah, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | San Juan County, Utah, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Little Valley fish locality | Schaeffer B. (1967) | Chinle | "Upper part of Chinle Formation", 150 feet below Wingate Sandstone; exact stratigraphic horizon not determined, but Schaeffer (1967) notes that the Moss Back, Owl Rock and Church Rock members of the Chinle are present in this area | siltstone | 228 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Cionichthys dunklei species | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Redfieldiidae : Cionichthys : Cionichthys dunklei | 228 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
Lasalichthys hillsi species | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Redfieldiidae : Lasalichthys : Lasalichthys hillsi | 228 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
Synorichthys stewarti species | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Palaeonisciformes : Redfieldiidae : Synorichthys : Synorichthys stewarti | 228 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
Hemicalypterus weiri species | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Semionotiformes : Semionotidae : Hemicalypterus : Hemicalypterus weiri | 228 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
Semionotus sp. genus | Animalia : Chordata : Actinopteri : Semionotiformes : Semionotidae : Semionotus | 228 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
Chinlea sorenseni species | Animalia : Chordata : Coelacanthimorpha : Coelacanthiformes : Mawsoniidae : Chinlea : Chinlea sorenseni | 228 - 201.3 Ma Mesozoic |
References
Schaeffer B. (1967) Late Triassic fishes from the western United States, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 6, 285-342 |
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!