USNM 17257. Southern Roberts Mountains. Winterer Collection.: Eifelian, Nevada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Bellerophon (Bellerophon) nevadensis
Blodgett and Johnson 1992
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1 specimen | ||||||
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) | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
Stage: | Eifelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 |
Key time interval: | Eifelian | ||
Age range of interval: | 393.3 - 387.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Nevada | Formation: | Denay Limestone |
Local section: | Roberts Mountain | ||
Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | packstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
Database number: | 44134 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2004-09-01 15:17:41 | Last modified: | 2004-09-01 19:30:09 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-09-01 15:17:41 |
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] |