An inventory of trilobites from National Park Service areas
Norr MR, Santucci VL, Tweet JS. 2016. An inventory of trilobites from National Park Service areas. Pages 179-203. In Fossil Record 5. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. Albuquerque, NM. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin. Bulletin 74
Trilobites represent an extinct group of Paleozoic marine invertebrate fossils that have great scientific interest and public appeal. Trilobites exhibit wide taxonomic diversity and are contained within nine orders of the Class Trilobita. A wealth of scientific literature exists regarding trilobites, their morphology, biostratigraphy, indicators of paleoenvironments, behavior, and other research themes. An inventory of National Park Service areas reveals that fossilized remains of trilobites are documented from within at least 33 NPS units, including Death Valley National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve. More than 120 trilobite holotype specimens are known from National Park Service areas.
- Type
- Book Chapter
- Authors
- Norr, Megan; Santucci, Vincent; Tweet, Justin
- Units
- ANTI , ARCH , BICA , CANY , CAVE , CHIC , CHOH , DENA , DEVA , DEWA , DINO , GAAR , GLCA , GOSP , GRBA , GRCA , GRSM , GRTE , GUMO , LAKE , MISS , MOJA , NATR , NOAT , PARA , PIRO , SACN , SAFE , SAGU , TAPR , WICA , WRST , YELL , YUCH
- Keywords
- Paleozoic
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Geology and Soils | Paleontology | Paleontology