Mount Murchison, section B, 273 m: Sunwaptan, Canada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Plethopeltidae
Plethometopus glaber
synonym of Plethopeltis
Plethometopus informal sp. A Ulrich 1931
synonym of Plethopeltis
Leiocoryphe platycephala
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae
Triarthropsis sp. Ulrich 1931
Theodenisia sp. Clark 1948
Trilobita - Asaphida - Eurekiidae
Eurekia eos
Trilobita - Asaphida - Ptychaspididae
Euptychaspis sp. Ulrich 1931
Wilcoxaspis bulbosa
Trilobita - Asaphida - Dikelocephalidae
Calvinella tenuisculpta
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Illaenuridae
Platydiamesus cf. levisensis Rasetti 1944
Rasettia cf. wichitaensis
Trilobita - Harpetida - Heterocaryonidae
Heterocaryon vargum
see common names

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:493.00000 - 487.50000 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]