Wheeler Shale
116 distinct taxa, from 190 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 515–497 Mya.
Utah · US
116 taxa · 190 fossils · 515–497 MyaMembers recorded: Upper, (upper).
Macrostrat dates this rock 503–502 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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7 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
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What has been found
- Peronopsis
- Itagnostus interstrictus
- Chancelloria
- Gogia spiralis
- Acadagnostus acadica
- Anomalocarididae
- Brachyaspidion
- Choia utahensis
- Coleicarpus sprinklei
- Elrathia kingi
- Hyolithes
- Jenkinsonia
- Lingulella
- Messorocaris magna
- Modocia
- Pentagnostus (Meragnostus) segmenta
- Perspicaris dilatus
- Acrothele subsidua
- Altiocculus harrisi
- Amplectobelua stephenensis
- Annelida
- Archaeocothurnus bifida
- Archaeolafoea monegettae
- Asaphiscus wheeleri
- Baltagnostus
- Bathyuriscus fimbriatus
- Bolaspidella
- Bolaspidella housensis
- Buccaspinea cooperi
- Cambromedusa
- Canadaspis
- Caryosyntrips serratus
- Chancelloria eros
- Chancelloria pentacta
- Choia carteri
- Diagoniella cyathiformis
- Diagoniella robisoni
- Dicranocaris guntherorum
- Kiwetinokia utahensis
- Leanchoilia illecebrosa
The 40 most often recorded, of 116.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.