Wheeler Shale

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Wheeler_Shale
GPTKB entity
Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:geological_formation
gptkbp:age gptkb:Cambrian
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Burgess_Shale-type_fauna
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:19th_century
gptkbp:fossil gptkb:Trilobite
gptkb:Olenoides
gptkb:Elrathia_kingii
anomalocaridid
soft-bodied fauna
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Utah
gptkbp:namedFor gptkb:Wheeler_Amphitheater
gptkbp:notableFor exceptional fossil preservation
gptkbp:overlies gptkb:Swasey_Limestone
gptkbp:paleogeographicRegion gptkb:Laurentia
gptkbp:primaryLithology gptkb:stone
gptkbp:stratigraphicUnitOf gptkb:House_Range
gptkb:Drum_Mountains
gptkbp:thickness up to 300 meters
gptkbp:underlies gptkb:Marjum_Formation
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Middle_Cambrian
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Wheeler Shale