Wah Wah Mountains, unnamed fm. upper member: Kinderhookian, Utah
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Stenolaemata
- Rhabdomesida
- Rhomboporidae
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Rhombopora sp.
Meek 1872
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Stenolaemata
- Cryptostomata
- Fenestellidae
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Fenestella sp.
Lonsdale 1839
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Stenolaemata
- Cystoporida
- Sulcoreteporidae
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Sulcoretepora sp.
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Spiriferidae
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Spirifer sp.
Sowerby 1818
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
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Terebratulida indet.
Waagen 1883
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| dielasmid? brachiopod | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Cleiothyridina sp.
Buckman 1906
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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? Rhipidomella sp.
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
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Strophomenida indet.
Opik 1934
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| orthotetinid? brachiopod | ||||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productidae
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Dictyoclostus sp.
Muir-Wood 1930
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Linoproductus sp.
(Chao 1927)
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Strophomenata
- Productida
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? Marginifera sp.
Waagen 1884
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| originally entered as "? Marginifera sp." | ||||||||||
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Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Miller 1821
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| crinoid ossicles | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Cyathaxoniidae
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Cyathaxonia sp.
Michelin 1847
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Laccophyllidae
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? Trochophyllum sp.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Hapsiphyllidae
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Triplophyllites sp.
Easton 1944
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? Neozaphrentis sp.
Grove 1935
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| originally entered as "? Neozaphrentis sp." | ||||||||||
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Anthozoa
- Stauriida
- Bothrophyllidae
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Caninophyllum sp.
Lewis 1929
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Coenitidae
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Coenites sp.
Eichwald 1829
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah |
| Coordinates: | 38.4° North, 113.6° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 13.0° South, 52.0° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| Stage: | Tournaisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 1 | *Local age/stage: | Kinderhook - Chester |
| Key time interval: | Kinderhookian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 358.9 - 351.9 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Monte Cristo Limestone | Member: | upper limestone | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: no formation name given; PJW: this should be the Monte Cristo Limestone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | calcareous,cherty/siliceous "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: "thin to med bedded fine-grained to dense cherty ls w/minor intercalation of calcareous shale. BA4" | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:"Miller, 1966" | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 554 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sepkoski | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-01-14 10:51:17 | Last modified: | 2019-06-02 19:34:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1999-01-14 10:51:17 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60934. | G. M. Miller. 1966. Structure and stratigraphy of the southern part of Wah Wah Moutains, southwest Utah. AAPG Bulletin 50:858-900 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen] |