D 1872 CO (Ordovician of the United States)

Also known as SF 204

Where: Eureka County, Nevada (39.2° N, 116.3° W: paleocoordinates 6.5° S, 77.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: C Member (Copenhagen Formation), Mohawkian (457.3 - 451.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified siltstone

• middle shelf
• calcareous

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collected by J. Ross, Jr.

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: R. J., J.r. Ross. 1970. Ordovician Brachiopods, Trilobites, and Stratigraphy in Eastern and Central Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 639:1-99 [S. Finnegan/S. Finnegan/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 104489: authorized by Seth Finnegan, entered by Seth Finnegan on 07.02.2011, edited by Melanie Hopkins

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Plectorthidae
? Plectorthis obesa Cooper 1956
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
"Cristiferina sp." = Paucicrura
"Cristiferina sp." = Paucicrura Cooper 1956
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Triplesiidae
 Strophomenida - Leptestiidae
Bilobia sp. Cooper 1956
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
Strophomena sp. Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Clathrospira sp. Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Pterygometopidae
Calyptaulax sp. Cooper 1930 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Isotelus copenhagenensis Ross and Shaw 1972 trilobite
Anataphrus martinensis Ross and Shaw 1972 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Cryptolithoides sp. Whittington 1941 trilobite