Pilot Mountains locality MC (Triassic of the United States)
Where: Nevada (38.4° N, 118.0° W: paleocoordinates 15.3° N, 54.2° W)
When: lower Member (Luning Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone and lithified wackestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: G. D. Stanley, Jr. 1979. Paleoecology, structure, and distribution of Triassic coral buildups in western North America. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 65:1-68 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 100391: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 09.12.2010, edited by Matthew Clapham and Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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unclassified | |
Foraminifera | |
Foraminifera indet. foram | |
"Marginulina sp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina sp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina) d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Nodosariata | |
cf. Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812 | |
Foraminifera | |
Spiroplectammina sp. Cushman 1927 | |
Anthozoa | |
Pinacophyllum cf. parallelum Frech 1890 stony coral | |
""Thecosmilia" fenestrata" = Retiophyllia fenestrata, ""Thecosmilia" delicatula" = Retiophyllia delicatula, ""Thecosmilia" norica" = Retiophyllia norica, ""Montlivaltia" marmorea" = Cuifia marmorea, "Palaeastraea cf. decussata" = Kuhnastraea decussata, "Thamnasteria norica" = Oedalmia norica, ""Montlivaltia" norica" = Distichophyllia norica
""Thecosmilia" fenestrata" = Retiophyllia fenestrata Reuss 1854 stony coral
""Thecosmilia" delicatula" = Retiophyllia delicatula Frech 1890 stony coral
""Thecosmilia" norica" = Retiophyllia norica Frech 1890 stony coral
""Montlivaltia" marmorea" = Cuifia marmorea Frech 1890 stony coral
"Palaeastraea cf. decussata" = Kuhnastraea decussata Reuss 1854 stony coral
"Thamnasteria norica" = Oedalmia norica Frech 1890 stony coral
""Montlivaltia" norica" = Distichophyllia norica Frech 1890 stony coral | |
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Thamnasteria borealis stony coral
Thamnasteria rectimellosa stony coral
Thamnasteria smithi Squires 1956 stony coral | |
"Actinastraea shastensis" = Minasteria shastensis, "Elysastraea parva" = Ceriostella parva, Ceriostella martini2, Ceriostella martini1
"Actinastraea shastensis" = Minasteria shastensis Smith 1927 stony coral
"Elysastraea parva" = Ceriostella parva Smith 1927 stony coral | |
Elysastraea cf. austriaca stony coral
Elysastraea cf. norica stony coral
Elysastraea profunda Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
Astraeomorpha confusa Winckler 1861 stony coral Astraeomorpha confusa and Astraeomorpha confusa var. minor
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"Margarastraea cf. norica" = Stuoresimorpha norica
"Margarastraea cf. norica" = Stuoresimorpha norica Frech 1890 stony coral | |
"Spongiomorpha dendriformis" = Eocomoseris ramosa
"Spongiomorpha dendriformis" = Eocomoseris ramosa Frech 1890 stony coral | |
Hydrozoa | |
Heptastylis cf. stromatoporoides, Spongiomorpha tenuis, Spongiomorpha gibbosa, Spongiomorpha cf. minor
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Demospongiae | |
"Polytholosia astoma" = Fanthalamia astoma, "Ascosymplegma expansum" = Cinnabaria expansa, "Polytholosia cylindrica" = Nevadathalamia cylindrica
"Polytholosia astoma" = Fanthalamia astoma Seilacher 1962 demosponge
"Ascosymplegma expansum" = Cinnabaria expansa Seilacher 1962 demosponge
"Polytholosia cylindrica" = Nevadathalamia cylindrica Seilacher 1962 demosponge subsp. cylindrica and subsp. dialata
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Crinoidea | |
Isocrinus sp. von Meyer 1836 Sea lily | |
Encrinus sp. Lamarck 1801 Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Cidaridea indet. Gray 1825 pencil urchin | |
Reptilia | |
Ichthyosaurus sp. Koenig 1818 ichthyosaur | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratulida indet. Waagen 1883 | |
Spirifera (Spiriferina) alia Hall and Whitfield 1877 | |
Spondylospira sp. Cooper 1942 | |
"cf. Spirigera sp." = Athyris (Spirigera)
"cf. Spirigera sp." = Athyris (Spirigera) | |
Rhynchonellida indet. Kuhn 1949 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Paranautilus sp. Mojsisovics 1902 nautiloid | |
Pleuronautilus sp. von Mojsisovics 1882 nautiloid | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculoidea sp. Gray 1824 clam | |
Cardinia sp. Agassiz 1841 clam | |
Mytiloidea sp. Rafinesque 1815 clam | |
Pectinoidea sp. Rafinesque 1815 scallop | |
"Ostrea cf. montiscaprilis" = Umbrostrea montiscaprilis, Ostrea sp.
"Ostrea cf. montiscaprilis" = Umbrostrea montiscaprilis Klipstein 1843 oyster
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Posidonia sp. Bronn 1828 oyster | |
Halobia sp. Bronn 1830 oyster | |
Cassianella sp. Beyrich 1862 oyster | |
Trichites sp. Lhuyd 1760 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail |