Flemingitid?

View showing longitudinal sculpture

Apertural view

Close-up of the exposed sutures

Flemingitid? Suture

Suture of the Flemingitid? the top is the last one

showing the suture near the umbilicus.


The specimen has a lot of phosphate replacement like most of the other fossils from this quarry. I dont know if this has deformed the suture line, some look distorted but for the most part, the suture line shown seems to be fairly well preserved.

Flemingitid ?

From my old "Meekoceras" quarry (in section DH-4), w/Aspenites, Inyoites, Proptychitid. Bed & stratigraphic position unknown but possibly equivalent to bed 9???

Manuscript resubmitted

AMMONOID BEDS IN THE LOWER TRIASSIC THAYNES FORMATION OF WESTERN UTAH, USA
Daniel A. Stephen, Kevin G. Bylund, Paul J. Bybee, and Wesley J. Ream

Dan sent in the revised manuscript and figures last night. Reviewers should be getting a copy shortly. I think it looks and reads great. Between me and the reviewers, Dan had a handful, trying to keep everyone happy and still writing what he wanted, I thank him for his patience and understanding.

Lanceolitidae

Lanceolites ?bicarinatus on the left and the one I found in April (this post) on the right. They seem to have all the same elements but the L. ?bicarinatus seem to be a little more ammonitic. Perhaps the ammonitic elements were worn off of the right specimen?

DH1 Annotated Outcrop Photo

Just because the beds show up so well through the snow.

Dan's Paleontology Class

Dan and his paleo students in the Wheeler Amphitheater looking for Trilobites