UCMP A-7156, Westgard Pass: Montezuman - Dyeran, California
collected by J. H. Peck, Waite, and Tischler 1951

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra sp. Bornemann 1884
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae
Pycnoidocyathus (Cambrocyathus) sp. (Okulitch 1937)
Archaeocyathus atlanticus Billings 1861
Archaeocyathus (Spirocyathus) yavorskii (Vologdin 1931)
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ethmophyllidae
Ethmophyllum whitneyi Meek 1868
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Inyo
Coordinates: 37.3° North, 118.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.1° South, 99.1° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Cambrian Epoch:Series 2
Key time interval:Montezuman - Dyeran
Age range of interval:519.90000 - 511.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Poleta Member:Lower
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown "limestone"
Secondary lithology:green "shale"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collectors:J. H. Peck, Waite, and Tischler Collection dates:April 1951
Metadata
Database number:217095
Authorizer:J. Marcot Enterer:J. Marcot
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2021-01-23 17:54:05 Last modified:2021-01-23 17:54:05
Access level:the public Released:2021-01-23 17:54:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
75290. V. J. Okulitch. 1954. Archaeocyatha from the Lower Cambrian of Inyo County, California. Journal of Paleontology 28(3):293-296 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]