The proposed GSSP for the base of Cambrian Stage 10 at the First Appearance Datum of the conodont Eoconodontus notchpeakensis (Miller, 1969) in the House Range, Utah, USA

James Frederick Miller, Kevin R. Evans, Rebecca L. Freeman, Robert L. Ripperdan, John F. Taylor

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Abstract

The Stage 10 Working Group of the International Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy is tasked with recommending a stratotype section and horizon for the base of Stage 10, the uppermost stage of the Cambrian System. We identify three sections in the House Range in western Utah, USA, for consideration as locations for defining and characterizing the base of the proposed stage. We also propose a boundary horizon at the base of the Eoconodontus conodont Zone combined with a distinctive negative carbon-isotope excursion named the HEllnmaria-Red Tops Boundary (HERB) event. These and other biological and nonbiological tools can be used for correlating the proposed stage.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)189-192
Number of pages4
JournalGFF
Volume136
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2014

Keywords

  • Cambrian Stage 10
  • brachiopods
  • carbon isotopes
  • conodonts
  • sequence stratigraphy
  • trilobites

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Geology
  • Paleontology

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