(Zone of Cylindrical Triticites) - Bird Spring Fm., Arrow Canyon: Kasimovian, Nevada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Mesolobus euampygus
(Girty 1912)
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recombined as Mesolobus mesolobus euampygus | ||||||||||
Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Neochonetes acanthoporus
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Meekellidae
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Meekella striatocostata
(Cox 1857)
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Derbyiidae
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Derbyia crassa
(Meek and Hayden 1858)
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subsp. ? crassa | ||||||||||
Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Antiquatonia hermosana
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Antiquatonia portlockiana
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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recombined as Antiquatonia portlockianus | ||||||||||
subsp. ? crassicostata | ||||||||||
Kozlowskia splendens
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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original and current combination Productus splendens | ||||||||||
Strophomenata
- Productida
- Paucispiniferidae
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? Paucispinifera sp.
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Linoproductus sp.
(Chao 1927)
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Linoproductus prattenianus
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Crurithyris sp.
George 1931
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Crurithyris expansa
(Dunbar and Condra 1932)
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Crurithyris planoconvexa
(Shumard 1855)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Trigonotretidae
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Neospirifer sp.
Fredericks 1919
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Neospirifer dunbari
King 1933
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subsp. alatus | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria sp.
King 1850
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sp. A and sp. B | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Rhipidomella sp.
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Composita sp.
Brown 1849
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Neoretziidae
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Hustedia cf. mormoni
(Marcou 1858)
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Clark |
Coordinates: | 36.7° North, 114.8° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 4.7° North, 41.7° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Carboniferous | Epoch: | Pennsylvanian |
Stage: | Kasimovian | 10 m.y. bin: | Carboniferous 5 |
Key time interval: | Kasimovian | ||
Age range of interval: | 307.00000 - 303.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Bird Spring | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Missourian (Cylindrical Triticites Zone) is equivalent to Kasimovian at Arrow Canyon (Bishop et al., 2010 Geosphere 6:1-34) |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified cherty/siliceous "limestone" |
Secondary lithology: | lithified silty "limestone" |
Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,original silica |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,chemical |
Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 144024 | ||
Authorizer: | N. Bonuso | Enterer: | P. Monarrez |
Created: | 2013-04-29 10:03:45 | Last modified: | 2013-04-28 19:03:45 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-29 10:03:45 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
46564. | R. L. Langenheim, Jr., B. G. Huff, E. W. Lipman and R. C. Vaiden. 1985. Preliminary report of the brachiopod fauna, Arrow Canyon section, southern Nevada, U.S.A. Xth International Congress, Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, Madrid, 1983, Compte rendu 2:425-433 [N. Bonuso/P. Monarrez/P. Monarrez] |