Maxey Composite for Spence Shale: Divide this: Delamaran, Idaho

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Orthothecida - Orthothecidae
Orthotheca sp. Novak 1886
Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Bohemiellidae
Wimanella sp. Walcott 1908
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulella sp. Salter 1866
Lingulata - Lingulida - Acrothelidae
Acrothele sp. Linnarsson 1876
Paterinata - Paterinida - Paterinidae
Iphidella sp. Walcott 1905
synonym of Micromitra
Selkirkiidae
Selkirkia sp. Walcott 1911
Agnostida - Agnostidae
Agnostus sp. Brongniart 1822
Agnostida - Eodiscidae
Pagetia sp. Walcott 1916
Trilobita - Utiidae
Utia sp. Walcott 1924
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dolichometopidae
Glossopleura sp. Poulsen 1927
Clavaspidella sp. Poulson 1927
Poliella sp. (Walcott 1916)
Bathyuriscus sp. Meek 1873
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Oryctocephalus sp. Walcott 1886
Oryctocare sp. Tomashpolskaya 1961
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Dorypygidae
Taxioura sp. Resser 1939
synonym of Ogygopsis
Olenoides sp. Meek 1877
Kootenia sp. (Walcott 1899)
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae
Vistoia sp. Walcott 1925
synonym of Vanuxemella
Zacanthoides sp. Walcott 1888
Albertella sp. Walcott 1908
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Alokistocaridae
Bythicheilus sp. Resser 1939
Alokistocarella sp. Resser 1938
Chancia sp. Walcott 1924
Alokistocare sp. Lorenz 1906
Ehmaniella sp. Resser 1937
Clappaspis sp. Deiss 1939
synonym of Ehmaniella
Elrathia sp. Walcott 1924
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
Spencia sp. Resser 1939
Stauroholcus sp. Resser 1939
synonym of Spencia
Pachyaspis sp. Resser 1938
Eocrinoidea - Gogiida - Eocrinidae
Eocrinus sp. Jaekel 1918
synonym of Gogia
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Idaho
Coordinates: 42.2° North, 112.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.5° South, 89.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:basin
Time
Period:Cambrian
10 m.y. bin:Cambrian 3
*Period:Late/Upper Cambrian
Key time interval:Delamaran Trilobite zone: ? Glossopleura
Age range of interval:511.00000 - 506.50000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Langston Member:Spence Shale
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: "Glossopleura zone?", which is the top of the Delamaran (PJW; was Merioneth).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green "limestone"
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "green sh. and ls (finely xtalline, dark grey); richly fossiliferous. inner detrital to mid carbonate. pre-orogenic geosyncline. BA3"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Maxet, 1958"
Metadata
Also known as:Was Spence Shale Mbr., Langston Fm., SE. Idaho/N. Utah
Database number:207
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-21 13:49:32 Last modified:2017-01-26 19:36:25
Access level:the public Released:1999-03-21 13:49:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
32150. G. B. Maxey. 1958. Lower and Middle Cambrian stratigraphy in northern Utah and southeastern Idaho. Geological Society of America Bulletin 69(6):1-647 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]