Where: Box Elder County, Utah (41.6° N, 112.0° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 31.1° N, 129.8° W (Wright 2013)
When: Glossopleura to Bathyuriscus-Elrathina trilobite zone, Spence Shale Member (Langston Formation), Delamaran (511.2 - 506.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by James Sprinkle, R. A. Robison in 1968; reposited in the MCZ, USNM
• Also in UU, Department of Geological and Geophysical Sciences, University of Utah.
Primary reference: J. Sprinkle. 1973. Morphology and evolution of blastozoan echinoderms. Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, Special Publication 1-283 [G. Webster/G. Webster/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 90588: authorized by Alex Lin, entered by Alex Lin on 08.08.2009, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Eocrinoidea | |
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Ctenocystoidea | |
Ctenocystis utahensis Robison and Sprinkle 1969 | |
Stylophora | |
Ponticulocarpus robisoni n. gen. n. sp.
Ponticulocarpus robisoni n. gen. n. sp. Sumrall and Sprinkle 1999 |