Wheeler Formation, Millard County, Utah - Willoughby and Robison 1979 (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: Millard County, Utah (39.4° N, 111.8° W: paleocoordinates 5.5° S, 91.8° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bolaspidella Assemblage zone, Wheeler Shale Formation, Menevian (504.5 - 499.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale

• soft, noncalcareous shale

Collection methods: Collected by Robert L. Harris of Delta, Utah. The specimen occurs in the Bathyuriscus fimbriatus subzone.

Primary reference: R. H. Willoughby and R. A. Robison. 1979. Medusoids from the Middle Cambrian of Utah. Journal of Paleontology 53(2):494-500 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 8589: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 07.08.2000

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Taxonomic list

Medusae
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Cambromedusa furcula n. gen. n. sp.
Cambromedusa furcula n. gen. n. sp.