House Range (Cambrian of the United States)

Also known as Wheeler Formation, House Range, Utah

Where: Utah (39.2° N, 113.3° W: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 91.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bolaspidella trilobite zone, Wheeler Formation, Marjumian (504.5 - 497.0 Ma)

• Marjuman, Bolaspidella Zone

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, calcareous mudstone

• House embayment is fault-bound basin on Cambrian passive margin

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, soft parts

Reposited in the USNM

• This a a faunal list for the Wheeler Formation in and around the House Range in Utah. It is a composite list that includes entire known biota

Primary reference: R. A. Robison. 1971. Additional Middle Cambrian trilobites from the Wheeler Shale of Utah. Journal of Paleontology 45(5):796-804 [S. Peters/S. Peters]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56144: authorized by Shanan Peters, entered by Shanan Peters on 13.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Bryopsidophyceae
 Caulerpales - Caulerpaceae
Margaretia sp. Walcott 1931
Hexactinellida
 Reticulosa - Protospongiidae
Protospongia sp. Salter 1864 glass sponge
Demospongiae
 Protomonaxonida - Choiidae
Choia utahensis Walcott 1920 demosponge
Coeloscleritophora
 Chancelloriida - Chancelloriidae
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920
Eocrinoidea
 Gogiida - Eocrinidae
Gogia spiralis Robison 1965
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulella sp. Salter 1866
 Lingulida - Acrothelidae
Acrothele subsidua White 1874
 Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae
Ptychagnostus sp. Jaekel 1909
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
 Agnostida - Peronopsidae
"Peronopsis interstricta" = Itagnostus interstrictus, Peronopsis sp.
"Peronopsis interstricta" = Itagnostus interstrictus White 1874
Peronopsis sp. Corda 1847
Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae
 Ptychopariida - Menomoniidae
Bolaspidella housensis Walcott 1886 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Marjumiidae
 Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae
"Alokistocare harrisi" = Altiocculus harrisi, "Elrathia kingii" = Elrathia kingi, Jenkinsonia varga
"Alokistocare harrisi" = Altiocculus harrisi Robison 1971 trilobite
"Elrathia kingii" = Elrathia kingi Meek 1870 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Asaphiscus wheeleri Meek 1873 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Bathyuriscus fimbriatus Robison 1964 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Olenoides nevadensis Meek 1870 trilobite
Crustacea
 Canadaspidida - Canadaspididae
? Canadaspis sp. Novozhilov in Orlov 1960