Black Hills, lower Deadwood Fm.: Cambrian, South Dakota

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
Pseudagnostus sp. Jaekel 1909
Agnostida - Agnostidae
Kormagnostus sp. Resser 1938
Agnostus sp. Brongniart 1822
Trilobita - Llanoaspididae
Arcuolimbus sp. Palmer 1954
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae
Pemphigaspis sp. Hall 1863
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Tricrepicephalidae
Tricrepicephalus sp. Kobayashi 1935
Meteoraspis sp. Resser 1935
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Kingstoniidae
Kingstonia sp. Walcott 1924
Blountia sp. Walcott 1916
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Crepicephalidae
Coosina sp. Rasetti 1956
Crepicephalus sp. Owen 1852
Uncaspis sp. Kobayashi 1935
Coosia sp. Walcott 1911
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Marjumiidae
Coosella sp. Lochman 1936
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Menomoniidae
Dresbachia sp. Walcott 1916
Trilobita - Olenida - Asaphiscidae
Blountiella sp. Resser 1938
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulepis sp. Hall 1863
Dicellomus sp.
Lingulata - Acrotretida - Acrotretidae
Acrotreta sp. Kutorga 1848
Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:South Dakota
Coordinates: 44.4° North, 103.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.2° South, 88.9° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period: Cambrian
10 m.y. bin: Cambrian 1-5
*Epoch:Upper
Key time interval: Cambrian Zone:  Crepicephalus
Age range of interval: 538.8 - 485.4 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Deadwood Member:lower
Stratigraphy comments: "Dresbachian, Crepicephalus zone"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:green "shale"
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:cratonic basin
Geology comments: "green sh, and thin ls, sltst and fine ss (tempestites). nearshore BA2 craton"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"J.W. Kulik 1965. Strat of the Deadwood Fm. Black Hills, So. Dak. and Wyoming. MS Thesis S.Dak School of Mines and Tech. Rapid City. M.A. Meyerhoff and C. Lochman, 1934. Crepicephalus horizon in the Deadwood Fm. of S. Dak. (abs) GSA Proc. 1933 p.99"
Metadata
Database number:231
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:J. Ju Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1998-11-20 10:07:18 Last modified:2017-01-04 16:37:01
Access level:the public Released:1998-11-20 10:07:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

60983. J. W. Kulik. 1965. Stratigraphy of the Deadwood Formation Black Hills, South Dakota and Wyoming. MS Thesis South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Rapid City. Crepicephalus horizon in the Deadwood Formation of South Dakota. Proceedings of the Geological Society of America 1993 1-99 [M. Uhen/J. Ju]