Upper part of the Phi Kappa Formation, Trail Creek section, collection 69ICt 54 (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Idaho (43.9° N, 114.2° W: paleocoordinates 6.0° S, 69.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dicellograptus ornatus graptolite zone, Phi Kappa Formation, Ashgill (449.5 - 443.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; shale

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 145490: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 03.06.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Retiolitidae
Glyptograptus sp.
Glyptograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 graptolite
rare specimens
 Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus "sp. A", Climacograptus sp., Climacograptus hastatus
Climacograptus "sp. A" Hall 1865 climacograptid
frequent specimens
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865 climacograptid
rare specimens
Climacograptus hastatus Hall 1902 climacograptid
frequent specimens
 Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Dicellograptus cf. ornatus
Dicellograptus cf. ornatus Elles and Wood 1904 graptolite
common specimens