Hintze 1951, Desert Range Experimental Station sections 205-235: Dapingian, Utah
collected by L.F. Hintze

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Anomalorthidae
Anomalorthis sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pliomerops sp. Raymond 1905
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Utah County:Millard
Coordinates: 38.6° North, 113.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:7.8° South, 81.3° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Middle Ordovician
Stage: Dapingian 10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 2
Key time interval: Dapingian Brachiopod zone:  N
Age range of interval: 470 - 467.3 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kanosh Shale
Local section:Desert Range Experimental Station, Utah Regional bed:205 to 235 ft
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Whiterockian; Kanoshian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Lithology description: grey; interbedded calcargillutite
Environment:basinal (siliciclastic) Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: outer shelf/dysoxic basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collectors:L.F. Hintze
Metadata
Also known as:SF 536
Database number:104205
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]