Gold Point Reef, lower part of the reef: Botomian, Nevada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Archaeocyatha
- Archaeocyathida
- Archaeopharetridae
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Protopharetra junensis
Zhuravleva 1987
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Esmeralda |
| Coordinates: | 37.4° North, 117.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.2° North, 141.4° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Series 2 |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Botomian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 516 - 512.1 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "reef rocks" |
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Reef 4335 | ||
| Database number: | 218891 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2021-03-03 14:41:16 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2021-03-03 14:41:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 75816. | S. B. Pruss, M. L. Slaymaker, E. F. Smith, A. Y. Zhuravlev, and D. A. Fike. 2021. Cambrian reefs in the lower Poleta Formation: a new occurrence of a thick archaeocyathan reef near Gold Point, Nevada, USA. Facies 67(14) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner] |