Camp San Saba: Sunwaptan, Texas
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Demospongiae
- Streptosolenidae
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Wilbernicyathus donegani
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Cocks and Modzalevskaya 1997 | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Texas |
| Coordinates: | 31.0° North, 99.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.8° South, 94.8° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Furongian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Sunwaptan | Trilobite zone: | Saukiella pyrene |
| Age range of interval: | 493 - 487.5 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wilberns | Member: | San Saba | ||
| Local section: | Camp San Saba | Local bed: | 76 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: San Saba Member overlies Point Peak Member overlies Morgan Creek Member. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "reef rocks" |
| Lithology description: abundant meter-scale obconical, flat-topped sponge-bearing reefs, lower complex: calcimicrobial phase with sponges, upper complex: mesostromatolite phase without sponges | |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | peel or thin section,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | CSS | ||
| Database number: | 194789 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-06-29 11:35:32 | Last modified: | 2018-06-29 11:35:32 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-06-29 11:35:32 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 27286. | R. A. Johns, B. F. Dattilo, and B. Spincer. 2007. Neotype and redescription of the Upper Cambrian anthaspidellid sponge, Wilbernicyathus donegani Wilson, 1950. Journal of Paleontology 81(3):435-444 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
| 10061 | L.R.M. Cocks and T.L. Modzalevskaya. 1997. Late Ordovician brachiopods from Taimyr, Arctic Russia, and their palaeogeographical significance. Palaeontology 40:1061-1093 [M. Patzkowsky/A. Krug/A. Krug] |