Dresbach community, Eau Claire Mbr., Dresbach Fm.: Cambrian, Wisconsin

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Palaeacmaea indet. Hall and Whitfield 1872
originally entered as "Palaeacmaea sp."
Hyolithida - Hyolithidae
Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840
Lingulata - Lingulida - Obolidae
Lingulepis sp. Hall 1863
Dicellomus sp.
Obolus sp. Eichwald 1829
Lingulella sp. Salter 1866
Helcionelloida - Pelagiellida - Pelagiellidae
Pelagiella sp. Matthew 1895
Agnostida - Ammagnostidae
Proagnostus sp. Butts 1926
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Kaolishaniidae
Pagodia sp. Walcott 1905
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Crepicephalidae
Coosia sp. Walcott 1911
Crepicephalus sp. Owen 1852
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Marjumiidae
Armonia sp. Walcott 1924
synonym of Modocia
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Lonchocephalidae
Lonchocephalus sp. Owen 1852
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Menomoniidae
Dresbachia sp. Walcott 1916
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Catillicephalidae
Pemphigaspis sp. Hall 1863
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
Maryvillia sp. Walcott 1916
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Wisconsin
Coordinates: 44.5° North, 89.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.2° South, 88.0° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Cambrian
10 m.y. bin:Cambrian 1-5
*Epoch:Upper
Key time interval:Cambrian Zone: Crepicephalus
Age range of interval:538.80000 - 485.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Dresbach Member:Eau Claire
Stratigraphy comments: "Dresbach - Crepicephalus zone."
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:desiccation cracks,current ripples,glauconitic sandstone
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "thin-to-thick bedded med.grained ss; x-lamination (75 ft); some congl., glauconite, mudcracks. nearshore (BA1)"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Twenhofel et al. [year illeg.]"
Metadata
Database number:230
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:J. Ju Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-03-21 14:47:19 Last modified:2017-01-07 22:57:18
Access level:the public Released:1999-03-21 14:47:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

32152. W. H. Twenhofel, G. O. Raasch, and F. T. Thwaites. 1935. Cambrian strata of Wisconsin. Geological Society of America Bulletin 46(11):1687-1744 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]