Sponge Gully, House Range (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: Utah (39.2° N, 113.4° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 31.3° N, 130.3° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Bolaspidella zone, Marjum Limestone Formation, Marjumian (504.5 - 497.0 Ma)

• "Bolaspidella zone" (Marjumian; was Merioneth; PJW)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and shale

• "dark sh and ls. outer detrital belt, deep water (BA6) but algae present as in Burgess sh."

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. C. Rogers. 1984. Depositional environment and paleoecology of two quarry sites in the Middle Cambrian Marjum and Wheeler Formatinons, House Range, Utah. Brigham Young University Geology Studies 31:97-115 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 260: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998

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Taxonomic list

• "J.C.Rogers, 1984. Depositional environment and paleoecology of two quarry sites in the M.Camb. Marjum and Wheeler Fms., House Range, Utah. BYU Geol Studies 31:97-115."
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Inarticulata
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Inarticulata indet.
Hyolitha
 Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithes sp.
Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840
Malacostraca
 Phyllocarida -
Phyllocarida indet.
Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Marjumiidae
Modocia sp.
Modocia sp. Walcott 1924 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Menomoniidae
Bolaspidella sp.
Bolaspidella sp. Resser 1937 trilobite
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
Agnostidae indet.
Agnostidae indet. M'Coy 1849
Demospongiae
 Protomonaxonida - Leptomitidae
Leptomitus sp.
Leptomitus sp. Walcott 1886 demosponge
 Protomonaxonida - Hamptoniidae
Hamptonia sp.
Hamptonia sp. Walcott 1920 demosponge
 Protomonaxonida - Choiidae
Choia sp.
Choia sp. Walcott 1920 demosponge
2 species
Hexactinellida
 Lyssacinosa -
"Testispongia sp." = Testiispongia
"Testispongia sp." = Testiispongia Rigby 1983 glass sponge
originally entered as "Testiispongia sp."
 Reticulosa - Protospongiidae
Diagoniella sp., ? Protospongia sp.
Diagoniella sp. Rauff 1894 glass sponge
2 species - originally entered as "Diagonella sp."
? Protospongia sp. Salter 1864 glass sponge
originally entered as "? Protospongia sp."
 Reticulosa -
Valospongia sp.
Valospongia sp. Rigby 1971 glass sponge
 Reticulosa - Hintzespongiidae
Hintzespongia sp.
Hintzespongia sp. Rigby and Gutschick 1976 glass sponge