USGS 15165 [Chainman Shale]: Chesterian, Utah
collected by Gordon 1954
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Hematitida
- Hematitidae
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Hematites burbankensis n. sp.
Flower and Gordon 1959
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Hematites barbarae
Flower and Gordon 1959
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Utah | County: | Millard |
| Coordinates: | 38.8° North, 113.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.5° North, 45.5° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Mississippian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Chesterian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 335.8 - 323.2 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Chainman Shale | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Chainman Shale, roughly 630 ft above the 4 ft limestone marker bed which is 340 ft above the base of the formation. AGE: Chesterian, derived from Geolex. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | concretionary lithified "shale" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Shale with scattered limestone nodules. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, assumed on the basis of figured specimens. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USGS | ||
| Collectors: | Gordon | Collection dates: | 1954 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: B. A. Gordon, M. Gordon, Jr, and I. G. Sohn, 1954. REPOSITORY: USNM. | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Only includes Cephalopoda. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications. | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 84405 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-10-18 07:18:46 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-10-18 07:18:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 28281. | R. H. Flower and M. Gordon. 1959. More Mississippian belemnites. Journal of Paleontology 33(5):809-842 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |