USNM 17249. Horse Creek Valley Quadrangle. Northern Simpson Park Range.: Eifelian, Nevada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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? Mourlonia hoffmannae n. sp.
Blodgett and Johnson 1992
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10 specimens | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Platyceratidae
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Platyceras (Platyceras) trojani n. sp.
Blodgett and Johnson 1992
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20 specimens | ||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Eureka |
Coordinates: | 40.0° North, 116.3° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 21.7° South, 77.3° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
Altitude: | 6830 feet | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
Stage: | Eifelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 |
Key time interval: | Eifelian | Conodont zone: | Tortodus australis |
Age range of interval: | 393.3 - 387.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Denay Limestone | ||||
Local section: | Simpsons Park | Local bed: | 16 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Conodont zone: australis. Faunal Interval 16. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | packstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils,some microfossils |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
Also known as: | J12-2 | ||
Database number: | 44127 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2004-09-01 14:32:58 | Last modified: | 2014-12-09 21:24:33 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-09-01 14:32:58 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
255. | R. B. Blodgett and J. G. Johnson. 1992. Early Middle Devonian (Eifelian) Gastropods of Central Nevada. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 222:85-139 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |