Wheeler biota, House Range (Cambrian of the United States)
Where: Utah (39.3° N, 113.3° W: paleocoordinates 4.3° S, 91.6° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Ptychagnostus atavus trilobite zone, Wheeler Shale Formation, Marjumian (504.5 - 497.0 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; shale
• Not described in reference; based on other PBDB collections
• Not described in reference; based on other PBDB collections
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, soft parts
Primary reference: S. Pates, R. Lerosey-Aubril, A.C. Daley, C. Kier, E. Bonino and J. Ortega-Hernandez. 2021. The diverse radiodont fauna from the Marjum Formation of Utah, USA (Cambrian: Drumian). PeerJ 9:1-43 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Novack-Gottshall]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 230682: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Phil Novack-Gottshall on 12.07.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Biota updated from list in Robison, Babcock & Gunther (2015)
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| Pterobranchia | |
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Tarnagraptus sp. Sdzuy 1974 graptolite | |
| Enteropneusta | |
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Spartobranchus sp. Caron et al. 2013 | |
| Eocrinoidea | |
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Gogia spiralis Robison 1965 | |
| Soluta | |
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Coleicarpus sprinklei Daley 1996 | |
| Stylophora | |
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Archaeocothurnus bifida Ubaghs and Robison 1988 | |
| Helcionelloida | |
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Mellopegma georginensis Runnegar and Jell 1976 | |
| Brachiopoda | |
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Rhynchonelliformea indet. Williams et al. 1996 | |
| Lingulata | |
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Acrothyra minor Walcott 1905 | |
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Lingulella spp. Salter 1866 | |
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Acrothele subsidua White 1874 | |
| Paterinata | |
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Dictyonina sp. Cooper 1942 | |
| Hyolitha | |
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? Hyolithes spp. d'Eichwald 1840 | |
| unclassified | |
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Annelida "worm indet. A" Lamarck 1809
Annelida "worm indet. B" Lamarck 1809
Arthropoda "indet. A" Latreille 1829 | |
| Dicranocaris guntherorum | |
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Dicranocaris ? guntherorum Briggs et al. 2008 | |
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? Anomalocarididae "gen. et sp. nov." Raymond 1935 | |
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? Stanleycaris sp. Caron et al. 2010
Buccaspinea ? cooperi Pates et al. 2021
Pahvantia hastata Robison and Richards 1981
Peytoia nathorsti Walcott 1911 | |
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Amplectobelua cf. stephenensis Daley and Budd 2010 | |
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Caryosyntrips serratus Daley and Budd 2010 | |
| Artiopoda | |
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Naraoia compacta Walcott 1912 | |
| Trilobita | |
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Brachyaspidion microps trilobite
Brachyaspidion sulcatum trilobite | |
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Altiocculus harrisi Robison 1971 trilobite
"Elrathia kingii" = Elrathia kingi Meek 1870 trilobite
Ehmaniella whietei trilobite
Jenkinsonia varga trilobite | |
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Modocia brevispina trilobite
Modocia kohli trilobite | |
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Bolaspidella reesae trilobite
Bolaspidella housensis Walcott 1886 trilobite | |
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Ptychoparella lloydi trilobite | |
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Asaphiscus wheeleri Meek 1873 trilobite | |
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Olenoides nevadensis Meek 1870 trilobite | |
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Zacanthoides spinosus Walcott 1884 trilobite | |
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Bathyuriscus fimbriatus Robison 1964 trilobite
Hemirhodon amplipyge trilobite | |
| Artiopoda | |
"Peronopsis depressa" = Quadragnostus depressa, Itagnostus interstrictus, "Peronopsis gaspensis" = Itagnostus gaspensis, Peronopsis montis, Peronopsis scutilis, "Peronopsis segmenta" = Pentagnostus (Meragnostus) segmenta
"Peronopsis depressa" = Quadragnostus depressa Westergård 1946
Itagnostus interstrictus White 1874
"Peronopsis gaspensis" = Itagnostus gaspensis Rasetti 1948
"Peronopsis segmenta" = Pentagnostus (Meragnostus) segmenta Robison 1964 | |
Lejopyge seminula, "Ptychagnostus occultatus" = Acidusus occultatus, "Ptychagnostus gibbus" = Triplagnostus gibbus, Ptychagnostus sinicus, Ptychagnostus atavus, Ptychagnostus cuyanus
"Ptychagnostus occultatus" = Acidusus occultatus Öpik 1979
"Ptychagnostus gibbus" = Triplagnostus gibbus Linnarsson 1869
Ptychagnostus sinicus Lu 1957
Ptychagnostus atavus Tullberg 1880
Ptychagnostus cuyanus Rusconi 1948 | |
"Peronopsis acadica" = Acadagnostus acadica
"Peronopsis acadica" = Acadagnostus acadica Hartt 1868 | |
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Hypagnostus parvifrons Linnarsson 1869 | |
| Deuteropoda | |
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? Perspicaris dilatus Robison and Richards 1981 | |
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Pseudoarctolepis sharpi Brooks and Caster 1956 | |
| Megacheira | |
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Kanoshoia rectifrons Lerosey-Aubril et al. 2020
Leanchoilia cf. illecebrosa Hou 1987 | |
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Messorocaris magna Lerosey-Aubril and Skabelund 2018 | |
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Mollisonia symmetrica Walcott 1912
Thelxiope holmani Lerosey-Aubril et al. 2020
Thelxiope spinosa Conway Morris and Robison 1988 | |
| Deuteropoda | |
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Isoxys longissimus Simonetta and Delle Cave 1975 | |
| Medusae | |
| Hydrozoa | |
| Demospongiae | |
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Choia utahensis Walcott 1920 demosponge
Choia carteri Walcott 1920 demosponge
Lenica cf. hindei demosponge | |
"Sentinella draco" = Sentinelia
"Sentinella draco" = Sentinelia demosponge | |
| Hexactinellida | |
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? Reticulosa "gen. et sp. indet." Reid 1958 glass sponge | |
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Valospongia sp. Rigby 1971 glass sponge | |
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Kiwetinokia utahensis Walcott 1920 glass sponge
? Diagoniella sp. Rauff 1894 glass sponge
Diagoniella robisoni Rigby 1978 glass sponge
Diagoniella cyathiformis Dawson and Hinde 1889 glass sponge | |
| Coeloscleritophora | |
| Marpolia spissa | |
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Marpolia spissa Walcott 1919 | |
| Morania fragmenta | |
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Morania fragmenta Walcott 1919 | |
| Bryopsidophyceae | |
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Margaretia dorus Walcott 1931 | |
| Fuxianospira girata | |
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Fuxianospira girata Chen and Zhao 1997 | |
| Sinocylindra | |
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Sinocylindra sp. Chen and Erdtmann 1991 | |