Upper Mount Whyte Fm.: Dyeran, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Hyolithida
- Hyolithidae
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Hyolithes sp.
d'Eichwald 1840
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Inarticulata
- Inarticulata
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Inarticulata indet.
Huxley 1869
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| invalid subgroup of Brachiopoda | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Alokistocaridae
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Inglefieldia sp.
Poulson 1927
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Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Ptychopariidae
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Proliostracus sp.
Poulson
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Ptychoparella sp.
Poulson 1927
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Kochiella sp.
Poulsen 1927
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Plagiura sp.
Resser 1935
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Plagiurella sp.
Resser 1937
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| synonym of Plagiura | ||||||||||
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? Poulsenia sp.
Resser 1936
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| originally entered as "? Poulsenia sp." | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Antagmidae
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? Onchocephalus sp.
Resser 1937
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| originally entered as "? Onchocephalus sp." | ||||||||||
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Zacanthoididae
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Prozacanthoides sp.
Resser 1937
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Zacanthopsis sp.
Resser 1938
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | British Columbia |
| Coordinates: | 52.8° North, 119.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 3.1° South, 79.9° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Series 2 |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2-3 | ||
| *Period: | Middle Cambrian | ||
| Key time interval: | Dyeran | Zone: | Plagiura - Poliella |
| Age range of interval: | 514.80000 - 511.00000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mount Whyte | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: M. Camb., Plagiura-Poliella zone. (Was St Davids) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | ooidal argillaceous "limestone" |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
| Geology comments: "platy ls, argillaceous, some oolite, carbonate bank, pre-orogenic geosyncline, BA3?" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:"C.F. Deiss 1940. Lower and Middle Cambrian stratigraphy of southwestern Alberta and southeastern British Columbia. GSA 51:731-794" [mostly trilobites] | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 196 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sepkoski | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | J. Ju | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-11-20 10:07:18 | Last modified: | 2016-12-30 10:59:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-11-20 10:07:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60915. | C. F. Deiss. 1940. Lower and Middle Cambrian stratigraphy of southwestern Alberta and southeastern British Columbia. Geological Society America Bulletin 51:731-794 [M. Uhen/J. Ju] |