Toquina Range, Caesar Canyon Limestone, M. Ord (Caradoc) (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Nevada (39.1° N, 116.8° W: paleocoordinates 6.1° S, 77.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Caesar Canyon Limestone Formation, Rocklandian (457.3 - 449.6 Ma)

• "M. Ord. (Trentonian) Caradoc-(Rocklandian)"

Environment/lithology: slope; gray, argillaceous, cherty/siliceous limestone and shale

• "dark-gray argillaceous and siliceous silty ls and silty sh. slope? (graptolithic sh). BA6. ocean facing slope."

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Kay and J. P. Crawford. 1964. Paleozoic. facies from the miogeosynclinal to eugeosynclinal belt in thrust slices, central NV. Geological Society America Bulletin 75:425-454 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 331: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 20.11.1998, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "M.Kay and J.P.Crawford, 1964. Paleozoic facies from the miogeosynclinal to the eugeosynclinal belt in thrust slices, central Nevada. GSA Bull. 75:425-454."
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unclassified
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Climaconus cf. quadratus, Conchopeltus sp.
Trilobita
 Proetida - Dimeropygidae
? Toernquistia idahoensis
? Toernquistia idahoensis trilobite
originally entered as "? Toernquista sp."
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp.
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
 Phacopida - Calymenidae
Flexicalymene sp.
Flexicalymene sp. Shirley 1936 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Trinucleidae
Cryptolithoides cf. ulrichi
Cryptolithoides cf. ulrichi Whittington 1941 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Ampyxina salmoni
 Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Robergia cf. major
Robergia cf. major Raymond 1920 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Homotelus cf. laeviurus
Homotelus cf. laeviurus Raymond 1921 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Primaspis sp.
Primaspis sp. Richter and Richter 1917 trilobite
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Obolidae
? Leptobolus sp.
? Leptobolus sp. Hall 1871
originally entered as "? Leptobolus sp."
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Giraldiellidae
? Scaphorthis cf. perplexa
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Bimuriidae
Bimuria cf. superba
Bimuria cf. superba Ulrich and Cooper 1942
Cephalopoda
 Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Trocholites sp.
Trocholites sp. Conrad 1838
Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Orthograptus sp.
Orthograptus sp. Lapworth 1873 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp.
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865 climacograptid
 Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Dicranograptus sp.
Dicranograptus sp. Hall 1865 graptolite