Stephen Fm.: Merioneth, Canada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Paterinata
- Paterinida
- Paterinidae
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Paterina sp.
Beecher 1891
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Iphidella sp.
Walcott 1905
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Agnostida
- Eodiscidae
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Pagetia sp.
Walcott 1916
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Agnostida
- Peronopsidae
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Peronopsis sp.
Corda 1847
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Dolichometopidae
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Bathyuriscus sp.
Meek 1873
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? Athabaskia sp.
Raymond 1928
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Dorypygidae
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Kootenia sp.
(Walcott 1899)
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Olenoides sp.
Meek 1877
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Zacanthoididae
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Zacanthoides sp.
Walcott 1888
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Trilobita
- Corynexochida
- Oryctocephalidae
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Tonkinella sp.
Mansuy 1916
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Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Ptychopariidae
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Elrathina sp.
Resser 1937
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Pachyaspis sp.
Resser 1938
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Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Solenopleuridae
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Solenopleurella sp.
Poulson 1927
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Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Alokistocaridae
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Alokistocare sp.
Lorenz 1906
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Chancia sp.
Walcott 1924
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Geography
| Country: | Canada | State/province: | Alberta-British Columbia |
| Coordinates: | 52.8° North, 119.3° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 0.9° South, 74.6° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||
| Geographic resolution: | basin |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Furongian |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 5 | ||
| *Period: | Late/Upper Cambrian | ||
| Key time interval: | Merioneth | Zone: | Bathyuriscus - Elrathina |
| Age range of interval: | 497 - 485.4 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Stephen | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "lower Bathyuriscus-Elrathina zone" |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | black,gray "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | "shale" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: "thin bedded, black-gray ls and sh. outer detrital belt (BA4?) pre-orogenic geosyncline." | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:"Rasetti, 1951." [mostly trilobites and 2 brachs] | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 213 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Sepkoski | Enterer: | M. Sommers |
| Modifier: | J. Ju | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-11-20 10:07:18 | Last modified: | 2017-01-07 19:33:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-11-20 10:07:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 60927. | F. Rasetti. 1951. Middle Cambrian stratigraphy and faunas of the Canadian Rocky Mountains. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 116(5):1-277 [M. Uhen/J. Ju] |