Ross Lake Shale Mbr., Cathedral Dolomite Fm., Alberta: Merioneth, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Bohemiellidae
Wimanella sp. Walcott 1908
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Obolus sp. Eichwald 1829
Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae
Acrothele sp. Linnarsson 1876
Paterinata - Paterinida - Paterinidae
Paterina sp. Beecher 1891
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Poliella sp. (Walcott 1916)
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae
Albertella sp. Walcott 1908
Vanuxemella sp. Walcott 1916
Trilobita - Ptychopariida
Kochina sp. Resser 1935
Mexicella sp. Lochman 1948
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae
Amecephalus sp. Walcott 1924
unclassified
Ptarmingia sp. Raymond 1928
see common names

Geography
Country:Canada State/province:British Columbia
Coordinates: 52.8° North, 119.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:0.9° South, 74.6° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period: Cambrian Epoch: Furongian
10 m.y. bin: Cambrian 5
*Period:Late/Upper Cambrian
Key time interval: Merioneth Zone:  Albertella
Age range of interval: 497 - 485.4 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cathedral Dolomite Member:Ross Lake Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black cherty/siliceous "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "outer detrital belt. pre-orogenic geosyncline, BA4"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Deiss (1939, 1940)"
Metadata
Database number:199
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:J. Ju Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-21 13:28:05 Last modified:2017-01-02 03:21:21
Access level:the public Released:1999-03-21 13:28:05
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]

Secondary references:

32149 C. F. Deiss. 1939. Cambrian formations of southwestern Alberta and southeastern British Columbia. Geological Society America Bulletin 50(6):951-1026 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/J. Ju]