Lejopyge calva zone, Marjum and Weeks Fms., UT - Robison 1999 (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: Utah (39.2° N, 113.5° W: paleocoordinates 4.2° S, 91.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lejopyge calva zone, Marjum and Weeks Formation, Menevian (504.5 - 499.5 Ma)

• The Lejopyge calva ""Zone"" described in this article is actually considered to be a subzone of the upper Bolaspidella Zone or comperable to the Lejopyge laevigata Zone.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified lime mudstone and lithified packstone

• upper Marjuman- laminated lime mudstone and skeletal wackestone to packstone interbedded with shale of variable thickness.

•lowermost Weeks - similar to upper Marjuman.

Collection methods: chemical,

• Only trilobites listed in depth.

Primary reference: R. A. Robison. 1999. Lithology and faunas of the Lejopyge calva Zone. Laurentia 99: V fields conference of the Cambrian Stage Subdivision Working Group, International Subcomission on Cambrian Stratigraphy 21-21 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/Z. Krug]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 10572: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 24.05.2001

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Anabarochilna cf. australis
Documented from area, Siveter and Williams, 1997
 Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
Hyolithellus sp. Billings 1872
Artiopoda
 Agnostida - Agnostidae
Agnostus neglectus Westergard 1946
 Agnostida - Ammagnostidae
 Agnostida - Spinagnostidae
 Agnostida - Diplagnostidae
 Agnostida - Clavagnostidae
Clavagnostus repandus Westergard 1930
 Agnostida - Ptychagnostidae
"Lejopyge calva" = Lejopyge laevigatus, "Ptychagnostus aculeatus" = Acidusus aculeatus, "Ptychagnostus cassis" = Acidusus cassis
"Lejopyge calva" = Lejopyge laevigatus Dalman 1828
"Ptychagnostus aculeatus" = Acidusus aculeatus Angelin 1851
"Ptychagnostus cassis" = Acidusus cassis Öpik 1961
Trilobita
  - Llanoaspididae
Genevievella sp. Lochmann 1936 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Norwoodiidae
Hardyoides sp. Kobayashi 1938 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Menomoniidae
Bolaspidella sp. Resser 1937 trilobite
 Ptychopariida - Marjumiidae
Modocia sp. Walcott 1924 trilobite
 Olenida - Cedariidae
? Cedarina sp. Lochman 1940 trilobite
Bonneterrina sp. Lochmann 1936 trilobite
Inarticulata
  -
unclassified
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Porifera indet. Grant 1836