Upper part of the Phi Kappa Formation, Trail Creek section, collection 69ICt 75 (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Idaho (43.9° N, 114.2° W: paleocoordinates 6.0° S, 71.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Climacograptus tubuliferus graptolite zone, Phi Kappa Formation, Eastonian (452.7 - 449.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; shale

• collections from 82 ft (25 m) of shale in the Trail Creek section

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: C. Carter and M. Churkin. 1977. Ordovician and Silurian graptolite succession in the Trail Creek area, central Idaho-a graptolite zone reference section. Geological Survey Professional Paper [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 145472: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 03.06.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
"Climacograptus innotatus" = Paraclimacograptus innotatus
"Climacograptus innotatus" = Paraclimacograptus innotatus Nicholson 1869 graptolite
rare specimens
 Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
"Orthograptus amplexicaulis" = Rectograptus amplexicaulis
"Orthograptus amplexicaulis" = Rectograptus amplexicaulis Hall 1847 graptolite
rare specimens
 Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Dicellograptus alector
Dicellograptus alector graptolite
common specimens
 Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp., Pseudoclimacograptus cf. scharenbergi, "Climacograptus caudatus" = Diplacanthograptus caudatus
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865 climacograptid
common specimens
Pseudoclimacograptus cf. scharenbergi Lapworth 1976 climacograptid
common specimens
"Climacograptus caudatus" = Diplacanthograptus caudatus Lapworth 1876 climacograptid
common specimens