Below is a map of the West Desert District. Click on each Elrathia kingi for more information on places to visit.

Fun Fossils!

Elrathia kingi

One of the worlds most recognizable fossils, this trilobite is most abundant in the Wheeler Formation of Utah's west desert.

Field Offices in West Desert District

• Salt Lake Field Office
• Fillmore Field Office

Places to visit

• Drum Mountains Middle Cambrian Global Stratotype
• Wheeler Formation Trilobites
• Weeks Formation Fauna

Museums

• Utah Museum of Natural History (UMNH), Salt Lake City
• BYU Earth Science Museum, Provo
• Ogden Eccles Dinosaur Park, Ogden
• Thanksgiving Point Museum of Ancient Life, Lehi
• Clark Planetarium, Salt Lake City
• Territorial Statehouse State Park and Museum
• Camp Floyd/Stagecoach Inn State Park and Museum