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Wah Wah - Lower, Millard County, Utah, USA

FormationWah Wah
MemberLower
Age:479 - 472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
IntervalBlackhillsian
Tectonic SettingPassive margin
Lithologyconglomerate/wackestone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences13

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Square Top SectionMillard County, Utah, USAWah Wah - Lower

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Wah Wah479 - 472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
limestone1

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Trilobita
class
3Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita478.6 - 471.8 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Orthida
order
4Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida478.6 - 471.8 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Asterozoa
subphylum
2.3Animalia : Echinodermata : Asterozoa478.6 - 471.8 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Edrioasterida
order
4Animalia : Echinodermata : Edrioasteroidea : Edrioasterida478.6 - 471.8 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Eocrinoidea
class
3Animalia : Echinodermata : Eocrinoidea478.6 - 471.8 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Haimacystis rozhnovi
species
7Animalia : Echinodermata : Eocrinoidea : Haimacystis : Haimacystis rozhnovi478.6 - 471.8 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Parablastoidea
order
4Animalia : Echinodermata : Parablastoidea478.6 - 471.8 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Glyptocystitida
order
4Animalia : Echinodermata : Rhombifera : Glyptocystitida478.6 - 471.8 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Graptolithina
class
3Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina478.6 - 471.8 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Nautiloidea
subclass
3.3Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Nautiloidea478.6 - 471.8 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Porifera
phylum
2Animalia : Porifera478.6 - 471.8 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Calathium sp.
genus
6Chlorophyta : Chlorophyceae : Receptaculitidae : Calathium478.6 - 471.8 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician

References

Sumrall C. D., Sprinkle J., et al (2011) Comparison of flattened blastozoan echinoderms: Insights from the new Early Ordovician eocrinoid Haimacystis rozhnovi, Journal of Paleontology 75 5, 985-992
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