Hintze, 1951, Scipio section 120-120 (Ordovician of the United States)

Also known as SF 352

Where: Millard County, Utah (39.2° N, 112.2° W: paleocoordinates 7.5° S, 84.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: F trilobite zone, Fillmore Limestone Formation, Stairsian (485.4 - 478.6 Ma)

• Ibexian; Stairsian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• carbonate ramp, above wave base
• muddy; grey; quartz-rich; abundant intraformational conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collected by L.F. Hintze

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: L.F. Hintze. 1951. Lower Ordovician detailed stratigraphic sections for western Utah. Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Bulletin 39:99 p. [A. Miller/A. Miller]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 104137: authorized by Seth Finnegan, entered by Seth Finnegan on 07.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Hystricurus several species
Show authors, comments, and common names
Trilobita
 Proetida - Hystricuridae
Hystricurus oculilunatus, Hyperbolochilus sp., Parahystricurus sp.
Hystricurus oculilunatus Ross 1951 trilobite
Hyperbolochilus sp. Ross 1951 trilobite
Parahystricurus sp. Ross 1951 trilobite
 Proetida - Telephinidae
Goniophrys prima
Goniophrys prima Ross 1951 trilobite