USGS loc. 3101-CO, Echo Canyon, Funeral Mountains (Cambrian of the United States)

Also known as Hunt and Mabey loc. F-55

Where: California (36.5° N, 116.8° W: paleocoordinates 1.5° S, 96.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Olenellus trilobite zone, Thimble Limestone Member (Carrara Formation), Dyeran (515.3 - 511.2 Ma)

• This member typically has abundant and diverse

•olenellid trilobites and rare associated ptychopariid trilobites

•which characterize the Bristolia Zonule.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; dolomitic, black, brown, argillaceous lime mudstone and limestone

• The Thimble Limestone Member is characterized by

•black, brown, and orange thin-bedded argillaceous

•dolomitic limestone which varies in argillaceous content

•throughout the study area.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley. 1979. Physical Stratigraphy and Trilobite Biostratigraphy of the Carrara Formation (Lower and Middle Cambrian) in the Southern Great Basin. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1047:1-131 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149629: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 17.08.2013, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Biceratopsidae
Bristolia anteros Palmer and Halley 1979 trilobite
 Redlichiida - Olenellidae
"Paedeumias sp." = Olenellus (Paedeumias) Walcott 1910 trilobite
Peachella sp. Walcott 1910 trilobite