Where: Utah (39.2° N, 113.4° W: paleocoordinates 5.2° S, 88.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Saukiella junia trilobite zone, Red Tops Member (Notch Peak Formation), Trempealeauan (492.5 - 485.4 Ma)
• "lower Tremp., middle Saukiella junia subzone"
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; ooidal carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. E. Taylor and A. R. Palmer. 1981. Cambrian stratigraphy and paleontology of the Great Basin and vicinity, western United States; 2nd international symposium on the Cambrian System. Guidebook for Field Trip 1 1-107 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 259: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Eocrinoidea | |
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Hyolitha | |
Hyolitha indet. Marek 1963 | |
Strophomenata | |
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Tergomya | |
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Paragastropoda | |
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Helcionelloida | |
Owenella sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 | |
Polyplacophora | |
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Trilobita | |
Illaenurus sp. Hall 1863 trilobite | |
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Euptychaspis sp. Ulrich 1931 trilobite
Idiomesus sp. Raymond 1924 trilobite | |
Prosaukia sp. Ulrich and Resser 1933 trilobite
Saukia sp. Walcott 1914 trilobite | |
Bayfieldia sp. Clark 1924 trilobite
Eurekia sp. Walcott 1924 trilobite | |
Hexactinellida | |
Hexactinellida indet. Schmidt 1870 glass sponge | |
Palaeobotryllus | |