prolata'' Incomplete list of the fauna of the Wheeler Shale: (Note: the preservation of hard bodied trilobite remains and soft bodied animals seems to be mutually exclusive within particular horizons.)
Protista •
Marpolia spissa -
cyanobacteria or
green algae •
Morania fragmenta - cyanobacteria
Arthropoda •
Alalcomenaeus cambricus -
megacheiran •
Branchiocaris pretiosa -
hymenocarine •
Branchiocaris sp. •
Cambropodus gracilis - possible
myriapod •
Canadaspis perfecta - hymenocarine •
Dicerocaris opisthoeces •
Dicranocaris guntherorum - possible megacheiran? •
Emeraldella brocki -
vicissicaudatan •
Isoxys •
Leanchoilia superlata - megacheiran •
Megachelicerax -
chelicerate •
Mollisonia symmetrica - mollisoniid chelicerate •
Perspicaris dilatus hymenocarine •
Pseudoarctolepis sharpi - possible
hymenocarine •
Sidneyia inexpectans - vicissicaudatan •
Tuzoia?
peterseni - hymenocarine •
Waptia fieldensis - hymenocarine
Dinocaridida •
Amplectobelua cf.
A. stephenensis –
radiodont •
Anomalocarididae gen. et sp. nov. - radiodont •
Utaurora comosa - opabiniid Trilobita •
Naraoia compacta -
naraoiid nectaspid •
Hypagnostus parvifrons -
agnostid •
Peronopsis amplaxis - peronopsid agnostid •
Peronopsis bidens •
Peronopsis fallax •
Peronopsis gaspensis •
Peronopsis intermedius •
Peronopsis interstrictus •
Peronopsis montis •
Peronopsis segmentis •
Ptychagnostus atavus (=
Acidusus atavus) - ptychagnostid agnostid •
Ptychagnostus germanus •
Ptychagnostus gibbus • P
tychagnostus intermedius •
Ptychagnostus michaeli •
Ptychagnostus occultatus •
Ptychagnostus seminula •
Glyphaspis concavus -
asaphid •
Bathyuriscus fimbriatus -
dolichometopid corynexochid •
Bathyuriscus sp. •
Kootenia sp. - dorypygid corynexochid, perhaps a synonym of
Olenoides •
Olenoides expansus - dorypygid corynexochid •
Olenoides nevadensis •
Olenoides serratus •
Tonkinella breviceps •
Zacanthoides divergens - zacanthoidid corynexochid •
Zacanthoides sp. •
Altiocculus harrisi -
ptychopariid (specific name may be confused with
Alokistocare) •
Alokistocare harrisi -
alokistocarid ptychopariid •
Asaphiscus wheeleri - ptychopariid; second-most common species in the formation •
Bathyocos housensis - ptychopariid •
Bolaspidella drumensis •
Bolaspidella housensis •
Bolaspidella sp. •
Bolaspidella wellsvillensis •
Brachyaspidion microps •
Brachyaspidion sulcatum •
Cedaria minor - known from the
Warrior Formation •
Elrathia kingii - alokistocarid ptychopariid •
Elrathia sp. •
Elrathina wheeleri =
Ptychoparella wheeleri? - ptychopariid •
Jenkinsonia varga •
Modocia brevispina •
Modocia laevinucha •
Modocia typicalis •
Ptychoparella sp. - ptychopariid •
Ptychoparella wheeleri •
Spencella sp. - ptychopariid
Brachiopoda •
Acrothele subsidua Chordata •
Hertzina sp. -
conodont Cnidaria •
Cambromedusa sp. -
jellyfish Mollusca •
Pelagiella sp. -
pelagiellid helcionelloid Echinodermata •
Castericystis sprinklei -
solute •
Castericystis sp. •
Cothurnocystis sp. -
stylophoran •
Ctenocystis sp. -
ctenocystoid •
Gogia spiralis -
eocrinoid • Eocrinoid holdfasts believed to belong to
Gogia spiralis; may belong to other species
Porifera •
Choia carteri - choiid protomonaxonid
demosponge •
Choia utahensis •
Crumillospongia sp. -
hazeliid protomonaxonid demosponge •
Diagonella sp. Priapulida •
Ottoia prolifica -
archaeopriapulid •
Selkirkia sp. -
archaeopriapulid •
Selkirkia willoughbyi-
archaeopriapulid Unclassified •
Hallucigenia sparsa -
hallucigeniid lobopod •
Allonnia cf.
tintinopsis - a
chancelloriid •
Chancelloria pentacta -
chancelloriid •
Eldonia sp. - eldoniid
cambroernid •
Skeemella clavula - Possible
vetulicolian •
Hylolithellus sp. -
annelid? •
Wiwaxia corrugata -
halwaxiid?
lophotrochozoan •
Yuknessia simplex - pterobranch •
Margaretia dorus - tube associated with the
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