UNSM loc. 14l, Emigrant Pass, Nopah Range (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: Inyo County, California (35.9° N, 116.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.9° S, 97.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Carrara Formation, Dyeran (515.3 - 511.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: coastal; brown, red sandstone

• Reddish-brown quartzitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by R. B. Rowe in 1901; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: C. D. Walcott. 1912. Cambrian Brachiopoda. United States Geological Survey Monograph 51(1-2) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226569: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 15.07.2022

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Redlichiida - Olenellidae
"Olenellus fremonti" = Mesonacis fremonti
"Olenellus fremonti" = Mesonacis fremonti Walcott 1910 trilobite
Strophomenata
 Billingsellida - Billingsellidae
Billingsella bivia n. sp. Walcott 1912