G-14: Tulean, Utah
collected by L.F. Hintze

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae
Psalikilus typicum Ross 1951
Hintze 1953 C category
Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Benthamaspis obrepta (Lochman 1966)
Dean 1989 C category
synonym of Benthamaspis conica
originally Hintze's undet. gen and sp. B (1952)
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Protopliomerops sp. Kobayashi 1934
Hintze 1953 R category
? Protopliomerops quattuor Hintze 1953
Hintze 1953 C category
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
? Nanorthis sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Hintze 1953 A category
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Utah County:Millard
Coordinates: 38.8° North, 113.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.9° South, 84.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Early/Lower Ordovician
10 m.y. bin:Ordovician 1-2
Key time interval:Tulean Trilobite zone: G-2
Age range of interval:480.30000 - 473.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Fillmore Limestone
Local section:Ibex, section G Regional bed:585 ft
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Ibexian; Tulean
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: silty; grey; about 10% thin-bedded calcarenite
Environment:open shallow subtidal Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: carbonate ramp, above wave base
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collectors:L.F. Hintze
Metadata
Also known as:SF 316
Database number:104101
Authorizer:S. Finnegan, M. Hopkins Enterer:S. Finnegan, M. Hopkins
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-02-07 12:04:21 Last modified:2011-02-06 19:04:21
Access level:the public
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18349. L.F. Hintze. 1951. Lower Ordovician detailed stratigraphic sections for western Utah. Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Bulletin 39:99 p. [A. Miller/A. Miller]

Secondary references:

4045 W. T. Dean. 1989. Trilobites from the Survey Peak, Outram and Skoki Formations (Upper Cambrian-Lower Ordovician) at Wilcox Pass, Jasper National Park, Alberta). Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin (389)1-141 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/P. Borkow]
18329 L. F. Hintze. 1953. Lower Ordovician trilobites from western Utah and eastern Nevadea. Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Bulletin 48:249 p. [A. Miller/A. Miller/P. Novack-Gottshall]