Locality 6, Hillyard's Canyon, Zone "G(2)d": Tulean, Idaho
collected by R. J. Ross, Jr. 1946-1947
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Pliomeridae
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Protopliomerops contracta
Ross 1951
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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? Asaphellus informal sp. B
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? Basilicus sp.
Salter 1849
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Remopleurididae
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Menoparia genalunata
Ross 1951
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Hystricuridae
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Psalikilus typicum
Ross 1951
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Idaho | County: | Franklin |
| Coordinates: | 42.1° North, 111.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 7.5° South, 80.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | Epoch: | Early Ordovician |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 1-2 | ||
| Key time interval: | Tulean | Trilobite zone: | Protopliomerella contracta |
| Age range of interval: | 480.3 - 473.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Garden City | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: 655 feet above base of formation. G(2)d Zone. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: Based on description of Garden City Formation from other sections in same reference. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,replaced with silica |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | chemical,field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | YPM | ||
| Collectors: | R. J. Ross, Jr. | Collection dates: | 1946-1947 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 103816 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Hopkins | Enterer: | M. Hopkins |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-02-02 11:04:40 | Last modified: | 2012-08-25 18:32:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-02 11:04:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25414. | R. J., J.r. Ross. 1951. Stratigraphy of the Garden City Formation in northeastern Utah, and its trilobite faunas. Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History Bulletin 6:1-161 [S. Finnegan/S. Finnegan/P. Wagner] |