A-9: Skullrockian, Utah
collected by L.F. Hintze

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Proetida - Hystricuridae
Hystricurus genalatus Ross 1951
Hintze 1953 A category
recombined as Genalaticurus genalatus
Hystricurus politus Ross 1951
Hintze 1953 A category
recombined as Politicurus politus
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Bellefontia ibexensis Hintze 1953
Hintze 1953 C category
Trilobita - Asaphida - Nileidae
Symphysurina globocapitella Hintze 1953
Hintze 1953 R category
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Utah County:Millard
Coordinates: 39.5° North, 113.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.5° South, 84.6° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
10 m.y. bin:Cambrian-Ordovician
Key time interval:Skullrockian Trilobite zone: B
Age range of interval:487.50000 - 482.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:House Limestone
Local section:Ibex, section A Regional bed:450 ft
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: IbexianSkullrockian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: muddy; grey; quartz-rich; cherty
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 476
Database number:104160
Authorizer:S. Finnegan Enterer:S. Finnegan
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:

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]