Mount Murchison, section B, 273 m: Sunwaptan, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Illaenuridae
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Rasettia cf. wichitaensis
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Platydiamesus cf. levisensis
Rasetti 1944
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Eurekiidae
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Eurekia eos
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Ptychaspididae
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Euptychaspis sp.
Ulrich 1931
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Wilcoxaspis bulbosa
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Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Dikelocephalidae
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Calvinella tenuisculpta
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Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Catillicephalidae
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Triarthropsis sp.
Ulrich 1931
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Theodenisia sp.
Clark 1948
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Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Plethopeltidae
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Leiocoryphe platycephala
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Plethometopus glaber
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Plethometopus informal sp. A
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Trilobita
- Harpetida
- Entomaspididae
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Heterocaryon vargum
Westrop 1986
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta |
| Coordinates: | 51.9° North, 116.7° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.5° South, 75.3° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Furongian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Sunwaptan | ||
| Age range of interval: | 493 - 487.5 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Mistaya | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Saukia zone, Plethometopus glaber fauna, Plethopeltis-catillicephalid biofacies | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: thrombolite buildup | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 3354 | ||
| Database number: | 81301 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | W. Kiessling | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-06-18 04:22:22 | Last modified: | 2008-07-21 06:29:30 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2010-01-08 10:39:56 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 14608. | S. R. Westrop. 1986. Trilobites of the Upper Cambrian Sunwaptan Stage, southern Canadian Rocky Mountains, Alberta. Palaeontographica Canadiana 3:1-179 [S. Peters/S. Peters/U. Merkel] |