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Swan Peak - Lower, Cache County, Utah, USA

FormationSwan Peak
MemberLower
Age:472 - 458 Ma
Ordovician
IntervalWhiterockian
Tectonic SettingPassive margin
Lithologyquartzite
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences9

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
D 208a COCache County, Utah, USASwan Peak - Lower

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Garden City - Upper472 - 468 Ma
Ordovician
limestone39

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Ostracoda
class
3Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Pseudomera sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Pliomeridae : Pseudomera471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Eleutherocentrus petersoni
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Eleutherocentrus : Eleutherocentrus petersoni471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Pseudoolenoides dilectus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Pseudoolenoides : Pseudoolenoides dilectus471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Uromystrum sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Uromystrum471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Anomalorthis utahensis
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Anomalorthidae : Anomalorthis : Anomalorthis utahensis471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Shoshonorthis swanensis
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Nanorthidae : Shoshonorthis : Shoshonorthis swanensis471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Orthambonites sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Orthidae : Orthambonites471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Calathium sp.
genus
6Chlorophyta : Chlorophyceae : Receptaculitidae : Calathium471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician

References

Ross, Jr. R. (1968) Brachiopods from the Upper Part of the Garden City Formation (Ordovician) North-Central Utah, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 593-H
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