Where: Nevada (38.0° N, 116.0° W: paleocoordinates 3.2° S, 89.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Dunderbergia trilobite zone, Middle Member (Tybo Shale Formation), Dresbachian (497.0 - 485.4 Ma)
• Dunderbergia zone. Listed as Upper Dresbachian Age
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope; poorly lithified, green, calcareous shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Only including autochthonous taxa
Primary reference: H. E. Cook, M. E. Taylor, and J. F. Miller. 1989. Day 2: Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician stratigraphy, biostratigraphy and depositional environments, Hot Creek Range, Nevada. 28th International Geological Congress 28-36 [P. Novack-Gottshall/P. Hearn/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 75437: authorized by Phil Novack-Gottshall, entered by Paul Hearn on 09.10.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Morosa brevispina Palmer 1965 trilobite | |
"Simulolenus wilsoni" = Olenus, Simulolenus granulatus
"Simulolenus wilsoni" = Olenus trilobite
Simulolenus granulatus Palmer 1960 trilobite | |
Litocephalus granulomarginatus Palmer 1960 trilobite
Erixanium multisegmentus Palmer 1965 trilobite | |
Elburgia quinnensis Resser 1942 trilobite
Elviniella laevis Palmer 1960 trilobite |