Gordon Creek (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: Lincoln County, Montana (48.4° N, 116.0° W: paleocoordinates 3.6° S, 83.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Albertella trilobite zone, Wolsey Formation, Delamaran (511.2 - 506.5 Ma)

• "above supposed Flathead sandstones"

Environment/lithology: marine; argillaceous shale

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: C. W. Walcott. 1908. Cambrian Geology and Paleontology. No. 2. Cambrian Trilobites. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 53(2):13-48 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68907: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.02.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Olenopsis sp.
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Bathyuriscus "sp. A"
Bathyuriscus "sp. A" Meek 1873 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae
Albertella hellena n. gen. n. sp.
Albertella hellena n. gen. n. sp. trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Ptychoparia sp.
Ptychoparia sp. Corda 1847 trilobite
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Bohemiellidae
Wimanella simplex n. gen. n. sp.
Wimanella simplex n. gen. n. sp. Walcott 1908
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Acrothelidae
Acrothele colleni n. sp.