10226', Shell Oil Co., #32-33B, N.P. Unit, S.W. Richey field: Gasconadian, Montana

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia - Dendroidea - Acanthograptidae
cf. Dictyonema informal fragments
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Eoorthidae
Apheoorthis ocha (Walcott 1924)
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Nanorthis putilla (Walcott 1924)
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulella ibicus Walcott 1924
Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae
Symphysurina cf. woosteri Ulrich and Walcott 1924
Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae
Hystricurus informal sp. undet. Raymond 1913
unclassified
Problematica informal CaPO4 tubes
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Montana County:McCone
Coordinates: 47.4° North, 105.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.3° South, 75.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Early/Lower Ordovician
Stage:Tremadocian 10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 1
Key time interval:Gasconadian Zone: Bellefontia - Xenostegium or Paraplethopeltis seelyi
Age range of interval:485.40000 - 477.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Deadwood
Local section:S.W. Richey Local bed:10226 ft
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Zone C or B.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:dolomitic,gray,green "limestone"
Secondary lithology:green "shale"
Lithology description: Thin beds and lenses of gray-green fine grained dolomitic limestone, with a few large mica and pyrite blebs intercalated with dark gr
Environment:carbonate indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: "sh, ls, and congl. muddy shelf lagoon (BA2) cratonic shelf"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Lochman-Balk and Wilson 1967. biostrat. lists"
Metadata
Also known as:Williston Basin, Deadwood Fm., upper Tremadoc, zone d, Montana in Sepkoski 1998
Database number:210717
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2020-06-17 14:08:38 Last modified:2024-01-07 17:19:14
Access level:the public Released:2020-06-17 14:08:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

16151. C. Lochman. 1964. Basal Ordovician faunas from the Williston Basin, Montana. Journal of Paleontology 38(3):453-476 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]