Ouachita Mountains collecting locality J (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: Arkansas (34.7° N, 93.0° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 14.7° N, 114.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Elvinia trilobite zone, Collier Shale Formation, Furongian (497.0 - 486.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified grainstone

• Not explicitly described but likely lime grainstone to mudstone, based on other localities

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. R. Hohensee and J. H. Stitt. 1989. Redeposited Elvinia Zone (Upper Cambrian) trilobites from the Collier Shale, Ouachita Mountains, west-central Arkansas. Journal of Paleontology 63(6):857-879 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229194: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 20.02.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Trilobita
  - Nepeidae
Xenocheilos minutum
Xenocheilos minutum Wilson 1949 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Cheilocephalidae
Cheilocephalus brachyops, Pseudokingstonia exotica
Cheilocephalus brachyops Palmer 1965 trilobite
Pseudokingstonia exotica Palmer 1965 trilobite
 Olenida - Dokimokephalidae
Apachia genaitholix, Pseudosaratogia lata, Dellea suada, Kindbladia wichitaensis, Iddingsia hapsis
Apachia genaitholix Hohensee and Stitt 1989 trilobite
Pseudosaratogia lata Wilson 1951 trilobite
Dellea suada Walcott 1890 trilobite
Kindbladia wichitaensis Resser 1942 trilobite
Iddingsia hapsis Hohensee and Stitt 1989 trilobite
 Olenida - Pterocephaliidae
Housia vacuna, Pulchricapitus fetosus, Pterocephalia sanctisabae
Housia vacuna Walcott 1890 trilobite
Pulchricapitus fetosus Hohensee and Stitt 1989 trilobite
Pterocephalia sanctisabae Roemer 1849 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Elviniidae
Irvingella major, Elvinia roemeri
Irvingella major Ulrich and Resser 1924 trilobite
Elvinia roemeri Shumard 1861 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Phylacteridae
Cliffia magnacilis, Cliffia lataegenae, Aphelotoxon lumaleasa n. sp.
Cliffia magnacilis Hohensee and Stitt 1989 trilobite
Cliffia lataegenae Wilson 1949 trilobite
Aphelotoxon lumaleasa n. sp. Hohensee and Stitt 1989 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae
Buttsia cf. drabensis
Buttsia cf. drabensis Wilson 1951 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
Kymagnostus harti, Neoagnostus dilatus n. sp.
Kymagnostus harti Hohensee and Stitt 1989
Neoagnostus dilatus n. sp. Hohensee and Stitt 1989