Where: Washoe County, Nevada (39.2° N, 119.6° W: paleocoordinates 18.2° N, 56.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Sevatian (212.0 - 205.6 Ma)
• "Monotis beds"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J.D. Whitney
• Repository: Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (ANSP)
Primary reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Triassic fossils of California and the adjacent territories. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:19-35 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 142644: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Posidonomya daytonensis n. sp." = Posidonia daytonensis
"Posidonomya daytonensis n. sp." = Posidonia daytonensis Gabb 1864 oyster | |
Cephalopoda | |
""Goniatites" laevidorsatus" = Clydonites laevidorsatus
""Goniatites" laevidorsatus" = Clydonites laevidorsatus Hauer 1860 ceratite |