A Biostratigraphic List of Fossil Cephalopods in Utah


Cretaceous System

    Late Cretaceous Series

Campanian Stage

 

Didymoceras nebrascense Zone in the Sego Sandstone

 

Scaphites sp. 

Baculites sp. 

Didymoceras n. sp. 

Oxybeloceras crassum (Whitfield)

Placenticeras sp. (? Intercalare Meek 1876b)

 

Baculites gregoryensis Zone in the Mancos Shale

 

Menuites portlocki Hall & Meek 1856

 

Baculites asperiformis Zone in the Buck Tongue of the Mancos Shale

 

Baculites asperiformis? Meek 1876b

Placenticeras planum hyatt 1903 (P. syrtale ?)

 

Baculites obtusus Zone in the Mancos Shale

 

Trachyscaphites praespiniger Cobban & Scott 1964

 

Scaphites hippocrepis I Zone in the Mancos Shale

 

Haresiceras fisheri Reeside 1927b

Scaphites hippocrepis (DeKay) 1827

Scaphites nanus Reeside 1927b

Baculites aquilaensis Reeside 1927b

Baculites haresi Reeside 1927b

 

Santonian Stage

 

Desmoscaphites bassleri Zone in the Upper Mancos and Upper Emery Sandstone

 

Desmoscaphites bassleri Reeside 1927b

Haresiceras mancosense (Reeside) 1927b

Scaphites leei Reeside 1927b

Baculites asperiformis ? Meek 1876b

Baculites thomi Reeside 1927b

Placenticeras guadalupae (Roemer) 1852 (P. syrtale ?)

Eutrephoceras alcesense Reeside 1927b

 

Clioscaphites vermiformis Zone in the Lower Emery Sandstone and Garley Canyon Sandstone

 

Eutrephoceras alcesense Reeside 1927b

Clioscaphites vermiformis (Meek & Hayden) 1862

Baculites codyensis Reeside 1927a

Pseudobaculites wyomingensis Cobban 1952

Texanites texanus (Roemer) 1852

Placenticeras pseudocostatum (Johnson) 1903

Placenticeras planum Hyatt 1903


Coniacian Stage

 

Scaphites depressus Zone in the Mancos Shale

 

Scaphites binneyi Reeside 1927a

Scaphites depressus Reeside 1927a

Allocrioceras burkhardti Kennedy and Cobban 1991

Phlycticrioceras trinodosus (Geinitz) 1850

Neocrioceras maximum Kennedy and Cobban 1991

Neocrioceras sp. 

Baculites codyensis Reeside 1927a

Binneyites parkensis Reeside 1927a

Protexanites bourgeoisianus (d'Orbigny) 1850

 

Scaphites ventricosus Zone in the Mancos Shale

 

Scaphites tetonensis Cobban 1951b

 

Scaphites preventricosus Zone in the  Blue Gate Shale Member of the Mancos Shale

 

Eutrephoceras n. sp. 

Yezoites frontierensis (Cobban) 1951b

Scaphites impendicostatus Cobban 1951b

Scaphites preventricosus Cobban 1951b

Yezoites uintensis (Cobban) 1951b

Allocrioceras hazzardi Young 1963

Baculites mariasensis Cobban 1951a

Placenticeras fritschi de Grossouvre, 1894

Peroniceras dravidicum (Kossmat) 1895

Forresteria alluaudi (Boule, Lemoine & Thevenin) 1907

 

Turonian Stage

 

Scaphites whitfieldi Zone in the Juana Lopez Member of the Mancos Shale

 

Scaphites whitfieldi Cobban 1951b

Prionocyclus novimexicanus (Marcou) 1858

Baculites yokoyamai Tokunaga and Shimizu 1926

Pteroscaphites

 

Scaphites ferronensis Zone in the Juana Lopez Member of the Mancos Shale

 

Scaphites ferronensis Cobban 1951b

Pteroscaphites

Prionocyclus wyomingensis Meek 1876b

Baculites yokoyamai Tokunaga and Shimizu 1926

Placenticeras pseudoplacenta Hyatt 1903

 

Scaphites warreni Zone in the Juana Lopez Member of the Mancos Shale and the Frontier Formation

 

Scaphites warreni Meek and Hayden 1860

Baculites sp. 

Baculites undulatus d'Orbigny 1850

Baculites yokoyamai Tokunaga and Shimizu 1926

Prionocyclus wyomingensis Meek 1876b

 

Prionocyclus macombi Zone in the Juana Lopez Member of the Mancos Shale and the Frontier Formation

 

Coilopoceras colleti Hyatt 1903

Coilopoceras inflatum Cobban and Hook 1980

Scaphites carlilensis Morrow 1935

Prionocyclus macombi Meek 1876a

 

Prionocyclus hyatti Zone in the Ferron Sandstone Member of the Mancos Shale and the Tropic Shale

 

Scaphites carlilensis Morrow 1935

Placenticeras pseudoplacenta Hyatt 1903

Prionocyclus hyatti (Stanton) 1893

Prionocyclus albinus Fritsch 1872

 

Collignoniceras woollgari Zone in the Tropic Shale and/or the Tununk Shale

 

Allocrioceras sp. 

Baculites sp.

Baculites yokoyamai Tokunaga and Shimizu 1926

Collignoniceras woollgari (Mantell) 1822

 

Mammites nodosoides Zone in the Tropic Shale

 

Fagesia catinus (Mantell) 1822

Watinoceras devonense Cobban 1988b

Watinoceras sp. 

Morrowites depressus (Powell) 1963

 

Vascoceras birchbyi Zone in the Tropic Shale

 

Vascoceras birchbyi Cobban and Scott 1972

 

Cenomanian Stage

 

Neocardioceras juddii Zone in the Tropic Shale

 

Neocardioceras juddii (Barrois and DeGuerne) 1878

 

Sciponoceras gracile Zone in the Tropic Shale and/or Tununk Member of the Mancos Shale

 

Scaphites sp. 

Allocrioceras annulatum (Shumard) 1860

Sciponoceras gracile (Shumard) 1860

Placenticeras cumminsi Cragin 1893

Euomphaloceras septemseriatum (Cragin) 1893

Pseudocalycoceras angolaense (Spath) 1931

Metoicoceras geslinianum (d'Orbigny) 1850

Metoicoceras sp.

 

Neogastroplites americanus Zone in the Mowry Shale

 

Neogastroplites americanus Reeside and Cobban 1960

 

Neogastroplites cornutus Zone in the Mowry Shale and Aspen Shale

 

Neogastroplites cornutus Reeside and Cobban 1960

 

Jurassic System

    Upper Jurassic Series

Oxfordian Stage

 

Cardioceras distans Zone in the Curtis Formation and Redwater Member of the Stump Formation

 

Lytoceras

Cardioceras ?  

Cardioceras cf. C. (S.) obtusum Reeside 1919

Cardioceras cordiforme (Meek and Hayden)

Cardioceras hyatti Reeside 1919

Cardioceras sp. 

Cardioceras stantoni Reeside 1919

Cardioceras wyomingense Reeside 1919

Goliathiceras hoveyi (Reeside) 1919

Goliathiceras russelli (Reeside) 1919

Pachyteuthis densus (Meek and Hayden) 1858

 

    Middle Jurassic Series

Bajocian Stage

 

Sohlites spinosus Zone in the Carmel Formation

 

Sohlites spinosus Imlay 1967

 

 

Megasphaeroceras rotundum Zone in the Twin Creek Limestone

 

Parachondroceras andrewsi Imlay 1967

Parachondroceras filicostatum Imlay 1967

Eocephalites primus Imlay 1967

Eocephalites ? sp. undet. A 

Eocephalites ? sp. undet. B 

Eocephalites ? sp. undet. C 

Megasphaeroceras rotundum Imlay 1962

Normannites ? cf. N. crickmayi (McLearn) 1927

Stemmatoceras arcicostum Imlay 1967

Stemmatoceras n. sp. aff. S. albertense McLearn 1928

Stephanoceras aff. S. nodosum (Quenstedt)

Spiroceras cf. S. orbignyi Baugier and Sauze

 

Triassic System

    Early Triassic Series

Spathian Stage

 

Columbites Beds in the Thaynes Group (Virgin Limestone & equiv.)

 

'Orthoceras' 

Phaedrysmocheilus idahoensis  (Kummel) 1953

Columbites parisianus Hyatt and Smith 1905

Idahocolumbites nevadi (Kummel) 1969

? Cordillerites sp. 

Pseudosageceras multilobatum Noetling 1905

Prohungarites ? sp. 

Tirolites cassianus (Quenstedt)

Ussurites hosei Kummel 1969

 

Bajarunia Beds in the Thaynes Group

 

Jeanbesseiceras jacksoni (Hyatt and Smith) 1905

Xenoceltites spencei (Hyatt and Smith) 1905

Tirolites pacificus 

Bajarunia confusionensis Guex et. al. 2005

Cowboyiceras farwestense Guex et. al. 2005

 

Smithian Stage


            Glyptophiceras sinuatum/Pseudosageceras augustum Beds


            Xenoceltites subevolutus/douglasensis

            Glyptophiceras sinuatum

            Pseudosageceras augustum/compressus

            Xenoceltites sp.

            Hedenstroemia sp.

 

Anasibirites Beds in the Thaynes Group (Sinbad Limestone, Timpoweap, & equiv.)

 

'Kashmirites' subarmatus Diener 1913

Xenoceltites douglasensis (Mathews) 1929

Xenoceltites hannai (Mathews) 1929

Xenoceltites matheri (Mathews) 1929

Xenoceltites sp.

Cordillerites compressus Mathews 1929

Pseudosageceras multilobatum Noetling 1905

Meekoceras davisi Mathews 1929

Meekoceras hertleini Mathews 1929

Hemiprionites typus (Waagen) 1895

Anasibirites kingianus (Waagen) 1895

Anasibirites multiformis Welter 1922

Gurleyites smithi Mathews 1929

Wasatchites perrini Mathews 1929

Orthocerid

 

Inyoites Horizon of the Owenites Beds in the Thaynes Group

 

Churkites noblei Jenks 2007

Guodunites hooveri (Hyatt and Smith) 1905 

Xenoceltites cordilleranus (Smith) 1932

Dieneroceras dieneri (Hyatt and Smith) 1905

Pseudosageceras multilobatum Noetling 1905

Juvenites thermarum (Smith) 1927

Inyoites oweni Hyatt and Smith 1905

Owenites koeneni Hyatt and Smith 1905

Owenites carpenteri Smith 1932

Parussuria compressa (Hyatt and Smith) 1905

Lanceolites compactus Hyatt and Smith 1905
            Lanceolites bicarinatus Smith 1932

Xiaoqiaoceras americanum Brayard Bylund & Jenks 2013


Lower Owenites Beds Horizons and Beds below in the Thaynes Group


Meekoceras gracilitatis White 1879

Submeekoceras mushbachanum (White) 1879

Dieneroceras dieneri (Hyatt and Smith) 1905

Aspenites acutus Hyatt andSmith 1905

Wyomingites aplanatus White 1879

            Flemingites russelli Hyatt andSmith 1905                       
                        Juvenites spathi (Frebold) 1930
                        Anaflemingites silberlingi Kummel & Steele 1962
                       
Hedenstroemia kossmati Hyatt and Smith 1905
                        Hanielites sp.
                        Flemingites sp.
                       
                        Minersvillites farai Brayard Bylund & Jenks 2013

                        Inyoites beaverensis Beds

                      
Inyoites beaverensis
Brayard Bylund & Jenks 2013 
                       Wailiceras cf. aemulus
Brayard & Bucher 2008
                      
Submeekoceras mushbachanum (White) 1879
                      
Hedenstroemia kossmati Hyatt and Smith 1905   

                        Preflorianites-Kashmirites Beds

                       
Kashmirites utahensis
Brayard Bylund & Jenks 2013
                        Kashmirites stepheni
Brayard Bylund & Jenks 2013
                        Preflorianites toulai (Smith, 1932)                       

Meekoceras gracilitatis White 1879

Arctoceras tuberculatum (Smith) 1932


                        Meekoceras millardense Beds

                        Meekoceras millardense Brayard Bylund & Jenks 2013

                        Meekoceras olivieri Beds

                       
Meekoceras olivieri Brayard Bylund & Jenks 2013

                        Radioceras evolvens Beds

                       
Radioceras evolvens (Waagen) 1895

                        Vercherites undulatus Bed                       

                        Vercherites undulatus Brayard Bylund & Jenks 2013
                        Euflemingites cirratus White 1879

 

Permian System

    Late Permian Series

 

From the Kaibab Formation and/or the Black Box Dolomite

 

Orthoceras ?  

Liroceras  

Metacoceras  

Gastrioceras ?

 

    Early Permian Series

Roadian Stage

 

            From the Meade Peak Member of the Park City Formation

 

Stenolobulites sinuosus Mikesh, Glenister and Furnish 1988

Tentacle Hooks  

Glochinomorpha stifeli Gordon 1971a

 

   

Carboniferous System

   

      ?  Late Mississippian or ? Early Pennsylvanian Series

 

From the Oquirrh Formation

 

Rayonnoceras ? cf. R.? excentricum Gordon 1965

Orthocerid  

Reticycloceras sp. 

 

From the Ely Limestone

 

Zephyroceras friscoense (Miller and Owen) 1944

 

    Late Mississippian Series

Arnsbergian Stage

 

Eumorphoceras girtyi  Zone in the Chainman Shale and Manning Canyon Shale

 

Rayonnoceras cf. R. solidiforme Croneis 1926

Euloxoceras  

Reticycloceras  

Nautilus sp. 

Stroboceras texanum (Miller and Youngquist) 1948

Metacanites  

Eumorphoceras girtyi Elias 1956

Cravenoceras sp. 

Richardsonites richardsonianus

Eosyngastrioceras inexpectans Titus 2000

Syngastrioceras websteri Titus 2000

Tylonautilus sp.

 

Eumorphoceras rotuliforme Zone in the Chainman Shale

 

Rayonnoceras  

Delepinoceras californicum Gordon 1964

Glaphyrites millardensis Titus 2000

Proshumardites cf. P. delepinei Schindewolf 1939

Eosyngastrioceras hesperium (Miller and Furnish) 1940

Eumorphoceras rotuliforme Ruan 1981

Pericleites pilatus Ruan 1981

Cryptotyloceras gordoni Titus 2000

Dombarocanites sp. 

Metadimorphoceras sp. 


 

Pendleian Stage

 

Paracravenoceras barnettense Zone in the  Chainman Shale

 

Rayonnoceras sp. 

Valhalites ornatus Girty 1911

Pronorites ? sp. 

Edmooroceras plummeri (Miller and Youngquist) 1948

Girtyoceras sp. 

Tumulites varians McCaleb, Quinn and Furnish 1964

Cravenoceras kingi (Hall and Whitfield) 1877

Paracravenoceras barnettense (Plummer and Scott) 1937

Stenoglaphyrites merriami (Youngquist) 1949

Hematites barbarae Flower and Gordon 1959

Hematites burbankensis Flower and Gordon 1959

Eosyngastrioceras quadratum Titus 2000

Reticycloceras

 

Brigantian Stage

 

Lusitanoceras granosum Zone in the Chainman Shale

 

Mitorthoceras perfilosum Gordon 1960

Bactrites cf. B. carbonarius Smith 1903

Pronorites baconi (Miller Youngquist and Nielsen) 1952

Glyphiolobus pseudodiscrepans (Moore) 1939

Sulcogirtyoceras ornatissimum (Miller and Youngquist) 1948

Choctawites choctawensis (Shumard) 1863

Lusitanoceras granosum (Portlock) 1843

Lusitanites subcircularis (Miller) 1889

Pachylyroceras utahense (Miller Youngquist and Nielsen) 1952


            Goniatites eganensis Zone in the Chainman Shale


            Girtyoceras hamiltonense Korn & Titus 2011
            Praedaraelites loeblichi (Miller & Furnish) 1940
            Goniatites sowerbyi Korn & Titus 2011
            Goniatites eganensis Korn & Titus 2011
            Kazakhoceras bylundi Korn & Titus 2011
            Metadimorphoceras richardsi Korn & Titus 2011

 

     Asbian Stage       
           

Goniatites deceptus Zone in the Chainman Shale

 

Girtyoceras gordoni Korn & Titus 2011

            Goniatites deceptus Korn & Titus 2011
                        Praedaraelites loeblichi (Miller & Furnish) 1940
                        Goniatites sowerbyi Korn & Titus 2011
                        Kazakhoceras bylundi Korn & Titus 2011

                       

            Girtyoceras gordoni Zone in the Chainman Shale


            Girtyoceras gordoni Korn & Titus 2011

            Dimorphoceras rileyi Korn & Titus 2011
            Praedaraelites loeblichi (Miller & Furnish) 1940
            Goniatites americanus Gordon 1971b
            Kazakhoceras bylundi Korn & Titus 2011

 

Girtyoceras primum Zone in the Chainman Shale

 

Bactrites sp. 

Praedaraelites loeblichi (Miller & Furnish) 1940

Dimorphoceras rileyi Korn & Titus 2011 

Calygirtyoceras arcticum (Gordon) 1957

Girtyoceras primum Korn & Titus 2011

Entogonites acus Korn & Titus 2011

Goniatites americanus Gordon 1971b

Metadimorphoceras mangeri Korn & Titus 2011

Kazakhoceras bylundi Korn & Titus 2011
            Reticycloceras

            

            Calygirtyoceras arcticum Zone in the Chainman Shale


            Bollandoceras occidentale Korn & Titus 2011
            Calygirtyoceras arcticum (Gordon) 1957

            Calygirtyoceras confusionense Korn & Titus 2011

            Entogonites borealis Gordon 1957

            Entogonites burbankensis Korn & Titus 2011
            Praedaraelites loeblichi (Miller & Furnish) 1940
            Goniatites americanus Gordon 1971b
            Kazakhoceras bylundi Korn & Titus 2011
            Metadimorphoceras mangeri Korn & Titus 2011
            Dimorphoceras rileyi Korn & Titus 2011
            Dimorphoceras worki Korn & Titus 2011

                                               

            Calygirtyoceras confusionense Zone in the Chainman Shale


            Calygirtyoceras confusionense Korn & Titus 2011
            Entogonites borealis Gordon 1957
            Goniatites americanum Gordon 1971b
            Dimorphoceras rileyi Korn & Titus 2011

 

     Early Mississippian Series

Chadian Stage

 

From the Delle Member of the Deseret Formation

 

Dzhaprakoceras djaprakense (Librovitch) 1927

Dzhaprakoceras gordoni Petersen, Korn & Kullman 2000

 

Kinderhookian Stage

 

Protocanites lyoni (Meek and Worthen) 1860

Gattendorfia sp. 

Pericyclus sp. indet. 

Rotopericyclus brazerensis Gordon 1986

 

Devonian System

    Late Devonian Series

 

Famennian Stage

            From the Pinyon Peak Limestone

 

Cyrtoclymenia sp.


From the Pilot Shale


            Clymeniid

Dolorthoceras sp. 

Imitoceras sp.

 

Frasnian Stage

From the Guilmette Formation

 

Manticoceras sp. 

 

Silurian System

Niagaran Stage

From the Laketown Dolomite

 

Huronia vertebralis Stokes 1824

 

Ordovician System

    Whiterockian Series

Chazyan Stage

 

Zone O in the  Crystal Peak Dolomite

 

unprepared  

unprepared  

 

Kanoshian Stage

 

Zone N in the Upper Kanosh Shale or Lehman Formation

 

Adamsoceras lehmanense Flower 1968a

Wutinoceras davisi Flower 1968a

Ignoceras obliquum Flower 1976

Kiotoceras gilesae Flower 1976

Kiotoceras ibexense Flower 1976

Kiotoceras ? multiseptatum Flower 1976

Aethiosolen  

Diestoceras ?  

Graciloceras  

Litoceras  

Litoceras adamsi Flower 1968b

Plectolites  

Plectolites costatus Flower 1968b

 

Zone M in the Kanosh Shale and Lower Swan Peak Quartzite

 

Rossoceras sp.

 

Rangerian Stage

 

Zone L in the Juab Limestone and/or Garden City Formation

 

Juaboceras brathwaitei Flower 1968b

Cameroceras compressum Gil 1988

Cameroceras manueli Gil 1988

Cameroceras n. sp. 

Cameroceras sp. indeterminate 

cf. Cameroceras  

indet.  

Cacheoceras trifidum Flower 1968b

Cacheoceras uninodum Flower 1976

Williamsoceras adnatum Flower 1964b

Williamsoceras ankhiferum Flower 1968b

Williamsoceras cf. ellipticum Flower 1976

Williamsoceras cf. pedunculatum Flower 1968b

Williamsoceras cf. W. adnatum Flower 1964b

Williamsoceras cf. W. ankhiferum Flower 1968b

Williamsoceras compressum Flower 1976

Williamsoceras ellipticum Flower 1976

Williamsoceras pedunculatum Flower 1968b

aff. Rossoceras  

cf. Rossoceras  

Evencoceras raymondi Gil 1988

Rossoceras cf. circulatum Gil 1988

Rossoceras cf. lamelliferum Flower 1964b

Rossoceras circulatum Gil 1988

Rossoceras dentiferum Flower 1968b

Rossoceras lamelliferum Flower 1964b

Rossoceras n. sp. 

Rossoceras sp. 

Catoraphiceras colon (White) 1877

Walcottoceras monsense (Walcott) 1924

Baltoceratid indeterminate  

Cyptendoceras cf. C. rhythmicum Flower 1964a

Cyptendoceras cf. C. ruedemani Ulrich and Foerste 1936

gen. sp. indeterminate  

Buttsoceras williamsi Flower 1962

indet.  

Michelinoceras sp. indet. 

Plectolites sp.

 

Ibexian Series

            Blackhillsian Stage

 

Zone K in the Wah Wah Limestone

 

Phragmosiphon ? sp. 

unnamed new genus new species  

Michelinoceras spp.

 

            Zone J  in the Wah Wah Limestone

 

Catoraphiceras cf. C. pearsonae Hook and Flower 1977

Catoraphiceras cf. C. stacyae Hook and Flower 1977

Catoraphiceras ibexense Hook and Flower 1977

Catoraphiceras pearsonae Hook and Flower 1977

Catoraphiceras spp. 

Protocycloceras aff. P. laswelli Hook and Flower 1977

Protocycloceras laswelli Hook and Flower 1977

Protocycloceras sp. B 

Protocycloceras sp. E 

Rudolfoceras russelli Hook and Flower 1977

Rudolfoceras ? sp. 

Amsleroceras gracile Hook and Flower 1977

Baltoceratid genus and species indeterminate  

Cyptendoceras ? sp. 

Rangeroceras hintzei Hook and Flower 1977

Rhabdiferoceras planiseptatum Hook and Flower 1977

Rioceras ? sp. 

unnamed Baltoceratid  

Veneficoceras susanae Hook and Flower 1977

Buttsoceras aff. B. novemexicanum Flower 1962

Tajaroceras ? sp. 

Tajaroceras spp. 

Tajaroceras wardae Hook and Flower 1976

Troedssonellid genus and species indeterminate  

Wardoceras orygoforme Hook and Flower 1977

Curtoceras  

Trocholitidae n. gen.  

Trocholitoceras  

Deltoceras  

Pionoceras  

Enigmoceras diaboli Hook and Flower 1977

Bakeroceras wahwahense Hook and Flower 1977

 

 

Zone I in the Fillmore Formation


Cyclostomiceras

 

Tulean Stage

 

Zone G2 in the Fillmore Formation

 

Tarphyceras

Protocyclocerid

 

Zone G1 in the Fillmore Formation

 

Protocyclocerid

 

Zone F in the Fillmore Formation

 

                        Baltoceratid  

                        Protocyclocerid

 

Stairsian Stage

 

Zone E in the Fillmore Formation

 

                        Campbelloceras  

                        Bassleroceras  

                        Bisonoceras  

                        Dartonoceras

 

Zone D in the Fillmore Formation

 

                        Clitendoceras  

                        Proendoceras  

                        Manitouoceras  

                        Aphetoceras

 

             


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