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Lower Wheeler Shale, Tooele County, Utah, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)40,-113
Co-ordinates Derivationestimated from map
Given LocationUtah, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Tooele County, Utah, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Lower Wheeler Shale, loc: 712Conway Morris S., Robison R. A. (1986)Lower Wheeler ShaleListed as Middle Cambrian; Bolaspidella biozone"shale"513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Upper Wheeler Shale, Bed: 82W72Robison R. A. (1964)Upper Wheeler Shale - Unit 2Listed as Middle-Middle Cambrian. Bolaspidella zone, Bathyuriscus fimbriatus subzone; Asaphiscus biofacies of Bob Gaines"shale"513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Elrathia kingi
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Aulacopleurida : Alokistocaridae : Elrathia : Elrathia kingi513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Modocia sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Marjumiidae : Modocia513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Olenoides sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Dorypygidae : Olenoides513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Asaphiscus wheeleri
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Asaphiscidae : Asaphiscus : Asaphiscus wheeleri513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Brachyaspidion sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Kingstoniidae : Brachyaspidion513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Nisusia sp.
genus
Animalia : Brachiopoda : Kutorginata : Kutorginida : Nisusiidae : Nisusia513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Ratcliffespongia sp.
genus
Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Hintzespongiidae : Ratcliffespongia513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Selkirkia sp.
genus
Animalia : Priapulida : Selkirkiidae : Selkirkia513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Margaretia sp.
genus
Chlorophyta : Bryopsidophyceae : Caulerpales : Caulerpaceae : Margaretia513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian

References

Robison R. A. (1964) Upper Middle Cambrian stratigraphy of western Utah, Geological Society America Bulletin 75, 995-1010
Conway Morris S., Robison R. A. (1986) Middle Cambrian priapulids and other soft-bodied fossils from Utah and Spain, University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 117, 1-22
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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