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
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 | |
Margaretia sp. Walcott 1931 | |
Hexactinellida | |
Protospongia sp. Salter 1864 glass sponge | |
Demospongiae | |
Choia utahensis Walcott 1920 demosponge | |
Coeloscleritophora | |
Chancelloria sp. Walcott 1920 | |
Eocrinoidea | |
Gogia spiralis Robison 1965 | |
Hyolitha | |
Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840 | |
Lingulata | |
Lingulella sp. Salter 1866 | |
Acrothele subsidua White 1874 | |
Linnarssonia ophirensis Walcott 1902 | |
Artiopoda | |
Ptychagnostus sp. Jaekel 1909 | |
"Peronopsis interstricta" = Itagnostus interstrictus, Peronopsis sp.
"Peronopsis interstricta" = Itagnostus interstrictus White 1874
Peronopsis sp. Corda 1847 | |
Trilobita | |
Brachyaspidion microps trilobite | |
Bolaspidella wellsvillensis trilobite
Bolaspidella housensis Walcott 1886 trilobite | |
Modocia laevinucha trilobite | |
"Alokistocare harrisi" = Altiocculus harrisi Robison 1971 trilobite
"Elrathia kingii" = Elrathia kingi Meek 1870 trilobite
Jenkinsonia varga trilobite | |
Asaphiscus wheeleri Meek 1873 trilobite | |
Bathyuriscus fimbriatus Robison 1964 trilobite | |
Olenoides nevadensis Meek 1870 trilobite | |
Crustacea | |
? Canadaspis sp. Novozhilov in Orlov 1960 |