TRILOBITES OF THE GARDEN CITY FORMATION:

 

ORDOVICIAN

southern Idaho and northern Utah - see also the Swan Peak Formation

 

Trilobites (all):

 

Amblycranium cornutum Ross, 1951

Amblycranium? populus Ross, 1951

Amblycranium variabile Ross, 1951

Amechilus palaora Ross, 1951

Asaphelina? sp. Ross, 1951

Asaphellus? eudocia (Walcott, 1925)

Asaphellus? sp. A Ross, 1951

Asaphellus? sp. B Ross, 1951

Basilicus? sp. Ross, 1951

Bellefontia acuminiferentis Ross, 1951

Bellefontia chamberlaini Clark, 1935

Carolinites genacinaca Ross, 1951

Clelandia utahensis Ross, 1951

Dimeropygiella caudanodosa Ross, 1951

Eleutherocentrus williamsi Ross, 1951

Goniophrys prima Ross, 1951

Goniotelus sp. (mentioned in Ross, 1951)

Hillyardina semicylindrica Ross, 1951

Hyperbolochilus marginauctum Ross, 1951

Hypothetica rawi Ross, 1951

Hystricurus acumennasus Ross, 1951

Hystricurus contractus Ross, 1951

Hystricurus flectimembrus Ross, 1951

Hystricurus genalatus Ross, 1951

Hystricurus oculilunatus Ross, 1951

Hystricurus paragenalatus Ross, 1951

Hystricurus politus Ross, 1951

Hystricurus robustus Ross, 1951

Hystricurus sp. A Ross, 1951

Hystricurus sp. B Ross, 1951

Hystricurus? sp. C Ross, 1951

Hystricurus sp. D Ross, 1951

Hystricurus? sp. E Ross, 1951

Hystricurus? sp. F Ross, 1951

Hystricurus? sp. G Ross, 1951

Hystricurus? sp. H Ross, 1951

Isoteloides? sp. Ross, 1951

Jeffersonia peltabella Ross, 1951

Kawina sexapugia Ross, 1951

Kirkella declevita Ross, 1951

Kirkella sp. Ross, 1951

Lachnostoma latucelsum Ross, 1951

Leiostegium manitouense Walcott

Licnocephala bicornata Ross, 1951

Licnocephala? sp. Ross, 1951

Macropyge gladiator Ross, 1951

Menoparia genalunata Ross, 1951

Niobe? sp. Ross, 1951

Pachycranium faciclunis Ross, 1951

Pachycranium sp. Ross, 1951

Paenebeltella vultulata Ross, 1951

Parahystricurus carinatus Ross, 1951

Parahystricurus fraudator Ross, 1951

Parahystricurus oculirotundus Ross, 1951

Parahystricurus pustulosus Ross, 1951

Parahystricurus? sp. A Ross, 1951

Parahystricurus? sp. B Ross, 1951

Parahystricurus? sp. C Ross, 1951

Pilekia? sp. Ross, 1951

Platycolpus? sp. Ross, 1951

Protopliomerops celsaora Ross, 1951

Protopliomerops contracta Ross, 1951

Protopliomerops superciliosa Ross, 1951

Psalikilus typicum Ross, 1951

Psalikilus? sp. Ross, 1951

Pseudoclelandia cornupsittaca Ross, 1951

Pseudoclelandia fluxafissura Ross, 1951

Pseudoclelandia lenisora Ross, 1951

Pseudocybele nasuta Ross, 1951

Pseudohystricurus obesus Ross, 1951

Pseudohystricurus rotundus Ross, 1951

Pseudohystricurus sp. Ross, 1951

Pyraustocranium orbatum Ross, 1951

Remopleuridiella caudalimbata Ross, 1951

Scinocephalus solitecti Ross, 1951

Symphysurina sp. A Ross, 1951

Symphysurina sp. B Ross, 1951

Tesselacauda depressa Ross, 1951

Trigonocerca typica Ross, 1951

Xenostegium franklinense Ross, 1951

"Xenostegium" taurus Walcott

undetermined genus and species A Ross, 1951

undetermined genus and species B Ross, 1951

undetermined genus and species C Ross, 1951

undetermined genus and species D Ross, 1951

undetermined genus and species E Ross, 1951

 

Trilobites (in each Zone):

 

Garden City Formation (Zone L):

 

-no trilobites reported

 

Garden City Formation (Zone K):

 

-no trilobites reported

 

Garden City Formation (Zone J):

 

Carolinites genacinaca Ross, 1951

Dimeropygiella caudanodosa Ross, 1951

Eleutherocentrus williamsi Ross, 1951

Isoteloides? sp. Ross, 1951

Kawina sexapugia Ross, 1951

Kirkella declevita Ross, 1951

Lachnostoma latucelsum Ross, 1951

Psalikilus? sp. Ross, 1951

Pseudocybele nasuta Ross, 1951

 

Garden City Formation (Zone I):

 

Goniotelus sp. (mentioned in Ross, 1951)

 

Garden City Formation (Zone H):

 

Trigonocerca typica Ross, 1951

 

Garden City Formation (Zone G):

 

Asaphellus? eudocia (Walcott, 1925)

Asaphellus? sp. A Ross, 1951

Asaphellus? sp. B Ross, 1951

Basilicus? sp. Ross, 1951

Jeffersonia peltabella Ross, 1951

Licnocephala bicornata Ross, 1951

Licnocephala? sp. Ross, 1951

Macropyge gladiator Ross, 1951

Niobe? sp. Ross, 1951

Platycolpus? sp. Ross, 1951

Protopliomerops celsaora Ross, 1951

Protopliomerops contracta Ross, 1951

Scinocephalus solitecti Ross, 1951

"Xenostegium" taurus Walcott

 

Garden City Formation (Zone F):

 

Amblycranium cornutum Ross, 1951

Goniophrys prima Ross, 1951

Hillyardina semicylindrica Ross, 1951

Hyperbolochilus marginauctum Ross, 1951

Hypothetica rawi Ross, 1951

Hystricurus acumennasus Ross, 1951

Hystricurus contractus Ross, 1951

Hystricurus flectimembrus Ross, 1951

Hystricurus oculilunatus Ross, 1951

Pachycranium faciclunis Ross, 1951

Parahystricurus fraudator Ross, 1951

Parahystricurus oculirotundus Ross, 1951

Parahystricurus pustulosus Ross, 1951

Parahystricurus? sp. C Ross, 1951

Protopliomerops superciliosa Ross, 1951

Pseudoclelandia cornupsittaca Ross, 1951

Pseudoclelandia fluxafissura Ross, 1951

Pseudohystricurus obesus Ross, 1951

Pyraustocranium orbatum Ross, 1951

undetermined genus and species A Ross, 1951

undetermined genus and species B Ross, 1951

undetermined genus and species E Ross, 1951

 

Garden City Formation (Zone E):

 

Amblycranium? populus Ross, 1951

Amblycranium variabile Ross, 1951

Amblycranium? sp. (of Ross, 1951)

Amechilus palaora Ross, 1951

Hystricurus robustus Ross, 1951

Hystricurus sp. B Ross, 1951

Hystricurus? sp. C Ross, 1951

Paenebeltella vultulata Ross, 1951

Parahystricurus carinatus Ross, 1951

Pilekia? sp. Ross, 1951

Pseudoclelandia lenisora Ross, 1951

Pseudohystricurus sp. Ross, 1951

Tesselacauda depressa Ross, 1951

 

Garden City Formation (Zone D):

 

Leiostegium manitouense Walcott

 

Garden City Formation (Zone C):

 

Hystricurus? sp. I (of Ross, 1951)

Symphysurina sp. B Ross, 1951

 

Garden City Formation (Zone B):

 

Bellefontia? acuminiferentis Ross, 1951

Bellefontia chamberlaini Clark, 1935

Clelandia utahensis Ross, 1951

Hystricurus genalatus Ross, 1951

Hystricurus paragenalatus Ross, 1951

Hystricurus politus Ross, 1951

Hystricurus? sp. F Ross, 1951

Hystricurus? sp. G Ross, 1951

Hystricurus? sp. H Ross, 1951

Parahystricurus? sp. A Ross, 1951

Parahystricurus? sp. B Ross, 1951

Remopleuridiella caudalimbata Ross, 1951

Xenostegium franklinense Ross, 1951

undetermined genus and species D Ross, 1951

 

Garden City Formation (Zone A):

 

Bellefontia? sp. (of Ross, 1951)

Hystricurus sp. D Ross, 1951

Pseudohystricurus rotundus Ross, 1951

Symphysurina sp. A Ross, 1951

Symphysurina cf. S. woosteri Walcott

 

 

COMMENTS:

 

Ross describes 87 species, and perhaps 48 genera, from the Garden City Formation. Many of the generic assignments and species designations have changed since Ross's report in 1951. We look forward to anybody wishing to provide an updated list of this diverse trilobite fauna.

 

 

REFERENCES:

 

Ross, R. J. Jr. (1951)  Stratigraphy of the Garden City Formation in northeastern Utah, and its trilobite faunas. Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, Bulletin 6, 161 pp., 36 pls.


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