UCLA locality 4414, off NV Route 157: Morrowan, Nevada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Orthotetidae
Orthotetes occidentalis Lane 1963
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Anthracospirifer birdspringensis Lane 1963
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
Spiriferellina lata Lane 1963
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria texana
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita ovata Mather 1915
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada County:Clark County
Coordinates: 36.3° North, 115.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:2.6° North, 44.7° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Pennsylvanian
Stage:Bashkirian 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 4
Key time interval:Morrowan
Age range of interval:323.20000 - 318.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bird Spring
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:141798
Authorizer:N. Bonuso Enterer:P. Monarrez
Created:2013-04-01 07:23:54 Last modified:2013-03-31 15:23:54
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-01 07:23:54
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
46074. N. G. Lane. 1963. A Silicified Morrowan Brachiopod Faunule from the Bird Spring Formation, Southern Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 37(2):379-392 [N. Bonuso/P. Monarrez]