(Zone of Cylindrical Triticites) - Bird Spring Fm., Arrow Canyon: Kasimovian, Nevada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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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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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Crurithyris expansa
(Dunbar and Condra 1932)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Trigonotretidae
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Neospirifer sp.
Fredericks 1919
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Chonetidae
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rugosochonetidae
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Kozlowskia splendens
(Norwood and Pratten 1855)
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Linoproductidae
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Paucispiniferidae
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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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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Clark |
| Coordinates: | 36.7° North, 114.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 5.6° North, 40.8° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| 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 - 303.7 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: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-04-29 10:03:45 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
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] |