Journal article
Late Cambrian ptychaspidid trilobites from western Utah; implications for trilobite systematics and biostratigraphy
Geological magazine, Vol.142(4), pp.377-398
07/01/2005
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756805000543
Abstract
The Notch Peak Formation (Late Cambrian, Sunwaptan) of western Utah yields diverse silicified trilobite faunas that provide new information on the anatomy of many taxa. The family Ptychaspididae Raymond, 1924, is represented by species of Keithiella Rasetti, 1944; Idiomesus Raymond, 1924; Euptychaspis Ulrich in Bridge, 1931; and Macronoda Lochman, 1964. At least four species are new, of which E. lawsonensis and M. notchpeakensis are named formally. Much previous work on Late Cambrian trilobites has emphasized biostratigraphic utility and the recognition of geographically widespread species. Data from new silicified collections indicate that this approach is difficult to justify because many putative "index species" actually represent a plexus of closely related species whose biostratigraphic significance has yet to be determined. One such plexus is represented by E. kirki Kobayashi, 1935, whose previously reported occurrences in Texas, Oklahoma, Utah, Nevada and northern Canada record at least four distinct species. Similarly, Macronoda can now be shown to consist of at least five late Sunwaptan species in south-central and western North America.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Late Cambrian ptychaspidid trilobites from western Utah; implications for trilobite systematics and biostratigraphy
- Creators
- J. M Adrain - University of IowaS. R Westrop - University of Oklahoma
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Geological magazine, Vol.142(4), pp.377-398
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- DOI
- 10.1017/S0016756805000543
- ISSN
- 0016-7568
- eISSN
- 1469-5081
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2005
- Academic Unit
- Earth and Environmental Sciences
- Record Identifier
- 9984229308302771
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