Swasey Spring [Wheeler Fm]: Middle Cambrian, Utah

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Radiodonta - Anomalocarididae
Anomalocarididae indet. Raymond 1935
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Utah County:Millard
Coordinates: 39.4° North, 113.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.3° South, 91.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Cambrian Epoch:Miaolingian
10 m.y. bin:Cambrian 3-4
Key time interval:Middle Cambrian
Age range of interval:509.00000 - 497.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wheeler
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Wheeler Fm. Stratigraphic relations are not discussed in text. AGE: Middle Cambrian. Justification not stated in text. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within the formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination lithified mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Finely laminated mudstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Environment:deep subtidal ramp
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Deposited in localized embayment below storm wave base, in basinal a environment, on the distal end of a carbonate ramp.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression,soft parts
Lagerst�tten type:conservation
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Articulated whole bodies:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:ROM,USNM,YPM
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Unknown, but possibly including B.S. Liverman, D.E. Briggs, S.L. Halgedahl, and R.J Jarrard. REPOSITORIES: KUMIP (Kansas), ROM (Ontario), USNM (Washington), UU (Utah), YPM (Yale).
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Only includes those taxa systematically discussed in publication. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication with modern nomenclature and use of species-resolution assignments.
Metadata
Database number:80126
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-04-06 09:06:05 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-04-06 09:06:04
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26947. D. E. G. Briggs, B. S. Lieberman, J. R. Hendricks, S. L. Halgedahl, and R. D. Jarrard. 2008. Middle Cambrian arthropods from Utah. Journal of Paleontology 82(2):238-254 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]