Where: Idaho (48.0° N, 116.3° W: paleocoordinates 3.0° S, 82.9° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rennie Shale Formation, Middle Cambrian (509.0 - 497.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithified, micaceous, green, argillaceous shale and lithified, nodular, blue, cherty/siliceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: C. E. Resser. 1938. Middle Cambrian fossils from Pend Oreille Lake, Idaho. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 97(3):1-12 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 127485: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 15.05.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bryopsidophyceae | |
Margaretia angustata n. sp.
Margaretia angustata n. sp. Resser 1938 | |
Hyolitha | |
"Hyolithes idahoensis n. sp." = Haplophrentis carinatus
"Hyolithes idahoensis n. sp." = Haplophrentis carinatus Matthew 1899 | |
Trilobita | |
Schistometopus typicalis n. gen. n. sp.
Schistometopus typicalis n. gen. n. sp. Resser 1938 trilobite | |
Elrathia longiceps n. sp., Elrathia sampsoni n. sp.
Elrathia longiceps n. sp. Resser 1938 trilobite
Elrathia sampsoni n. sp. Resser 1938 trilobite | |
Glossopleura intermedia n. sp.
Glossopleura intermedia n. sp. Resser 1938 trilobite | |
Urotheca | |
Urotheca sampsoni n. sp.
Urotheca sampsoni n. sp. Resser 1938 |