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Wheeler Shale - (upper), Millard County, Utah, USA
Formation | Wheeler Shale |
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Member | (upper) |
Age: | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian |
Interval | St Davids |
Lithology | shale |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 1 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Wheeler ShaleFarm | Millard County, Utah, USA | Wheeler Shale - (upper) |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Marjum Limestone | 513 - 499 Ma Cambrian | limestone/"shale", packstone, "shale"/"limestone" | 34 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Ratcliffespongia sp. genus | Animalia : Porifera : Hexactinellida : Hintzespongiidae : Ratcliffespongia | 513 - 501 Ma Cambrian |
References
Rigby J. K., Church S. B. (1990) A new Middle Cambrian Hexactinellid, Ratcliffespongia wheeleri, from western Utah and skeletal structure of Ratcliffespongia, Journal of Paleontology 64 3, 331-334 |
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!