Loc. 347 (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: Utah (39.0° N, 113.0° W: paleocoordinates 4.5° S, 91.9° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bolaspidella trilobite zone, Marjum Formation, Marjumian (504.5 - 497.0 Ma)

• Listed as Upper to Middle Cambrian; Bolaspidella biozone (Marjumian; PJW)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; poorly lithified, lenticular, silty, calcareous shale

• Listed as Upper slope, zone:5
• Moderately hard, pale yellowish-brown, platy parting, laminated, calcareous clayshale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: trace, soft parts

Primary reference: D. E. G. Briggs and R. A. Robison. 1984. Exceptionally preserved nontrilobite arthropods and Anomalocaris from the Middle Cambrian of Utah. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 111:1-23 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Hearn/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77206: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Paul Hearn on 31.12.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Ptychagnostus punctuosus zone
Lingulata
  -
Lingulata indet. Gorjansky and Popov 1985
unclassified
  -
Arthropoda indet. Latreille 1829
Deuteropoda
 Hymenostraca -
 Radiodonta - Anomalocarididae
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae
"Ptychagnostus occultatus" = Acidusus occultatus, Ptychagnostus punctuosus
"Ptychagnostus occultatus" = Acidusus occultatus Öpik 1979
 Agnostida - Spinagnostidae
Pseudoperonopsis sp. Harrington 1938
Hypagnostus parvifrons Linnarsson 1869
 Nektaspidida - Naraoiidae
Naraoia compacta Walcott 1912
Trilobita
 Ptychopariida - Marjumiidae
Modocia sp. Walcott 1924 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Menomoniidae
Bolaspidella sp. Resser 1937 trilobite
 Tuzoida - Tuzoiidae
Tuzoia guntheri Robison and Richards 1981
 Archaeopriapulida - Ottoidae
Ottoia prolifica Walcott 1911
Hexactinellida
 Reticulosa - Protospongiidae
Diagoniella sp. Rauff 1894 glass sponge
Originally "Diagonella sp." Assumed spelling error.
Diagoniella hindei Walcott 1920 glass sponge
Originally "Diagonella hindei" Assumed spelling error.
 Reticulosa -
 Lyssacinosa -
"Testispongia venula" = Testiispongia
"Testispongia venula" = Testiispongia glass sponge
Originally "Testiispongia venula" Assumed spelling error.
Demospongiae
 Protomonaxonida - Hamptoniidae
Hamptonia bowerbanki Walcott 1920 demosponge
 Protomonaxonida - Leptomitidae
"Leptomitus metta" = Leptomitella metta
"Leptomitus metta" = Leptomitella metta Rigby 1983 demosponge
 Protomonaxonida - Choiidae
Choia utahensis Walcott 1920 demosponge
Choia carteri Walcott 1920 demosponge
Morania fragmenta
  -
Morania fragmenta Walcott 1919