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Spence Shale

The Spence Shale is the middle member of the Langston Formation in southeastern Idaho and northeastern Utah. It is exposed in the Bear River Range, the Wasatch Range and the Wellsville Mountains. It is known for its abundant Cambrian trilobites and the preservation of Burgess Shale-type fossils.

Stratigraphy
The Spence Shale spans the Albertella and Glossopleura biozones. ==Fauna==
Fauna{{anchor|Burgess Shale type fauna}}
Generic list of the fauna of the Spence Shale: ===Arthropoda=== ====Soft-bodied==== • AnomalocarisCanadaspisCaryosyntripsDioxycarisHurdiaIsoxysLeanchoiliaMeristosomaMollisoniaSidneyiaTuzoiaUtahcarisWaptiaYohoia ====Agnostida==== • PentagnostusPtychagnostus ====Trilobita==== • AlokistocareAlokistocarellaAmecephalusAthabaskiaBathyuriscusBythicheilusChanciaEhmaniellaGlossopleuraKochinaKooteniaOgygopsisOlenoidesOryctocaraOryctocephalitesOryctocephalusPagetiaPiochaspisPolypleuraspisPtychoparellaSolenopleuraSyspacephalusThoracocareUtiaZacanthoides ===Brachiopoda=== • AcrotheleDictyoninaDiraphoraLingulellaMicromitra? • Wimanella ===Mollusca=== • LatouchellaScenellaWiwaxia ===Lophotrochozoa=== • HaplophrentisHyolithellusHyolithes ===Echinodermata=== • CtenocystisGogiaLyracystisPonticulocarpusTotiglobus ===Hemichordata=== • MargaretiaSphenoecium ===Priapulida=== • OttoiaSelkirkiaWronascolex? ===Lobopodia=== • AcinocricusHallucigenia ===Porifera=== • Brooksella? • ProtospongiaVauxia ===Problematica=== • BanffiaEldoniaSiphusauctumTentalus ===Algae=== • Marpolia ===Cyanobacteria=== • Morania ===Trace Fossils=== • ArchaeonassaArenicolitesAulichnitesBergaueriaChloephycusConichnusCoproliteCruzianaDimorphichnusDiplichnitesGordiaGyrophyllitesHalopoaLockeiaMonomorphichnusNereitesPhycodesPhycosiphonPlanolitesProtovirgulariaRusophycusSagittichnusScoliciaTaenidiumTeichichnusTomaculumTreptichnusTrichophycus ==See also==
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