Wah Wah Mountains, unnamed fm. upper member: Kinderhookian, Utah

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
crinoid ossicles
Strophomenata - Strophomenida
orthotetinid? brachiopod
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Strophomenata - Productida - Linoproductidae
Strophomenata - Productida
originally entered as "? Marginifera sp."
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida
dielasmid? brachiopod
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
originally entered as "? Rhipidomella sp."
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina sp. Buckman 1906
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
2 species
Stenolaemata - Rhabdomesida - Rhomboporidae
Rhombopora sp. Meek 1872
Stenolaemata - Cystoporida - Sulcoreteporidae
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Anthozoa - Favositida - Coenitidae
Coenites sp. Eichwald 1829
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Bothrophyllidae
Caninophyllum sp. Lewis 1929
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
? Trochophyllum sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
originally entered as "? Trochophyllum sp."
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Cyathaxoniidae
Cyathaxonia sp. Michelin 1847
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
originally entered as "? Neozaphrentis sp."
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Utah
Coordinates: 38.4° North, 113.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.4° South, 63.4° West (Wright 2013)
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:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:1999-01-14 10:51:17
Creative Commons license:CC0
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]