KV63-20. Southwest slope of Lone Mountain.: Eifelian, Nevada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Ptychomphalina sp.
Fischer 1885
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1 specimen | ||||||
Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Platyceratidae
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Platyceras (Prosigaretus) sp.
Conrad 1840
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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) | ||||
Altitude: | 7320 feet |
Time
Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
Stage: | Eifelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 |
Key time interval: | Eifelian | Conodont zone: | Tortodus kockelianus |
Age range of interval: | 393.3 - 387.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Nevada | Formation: | Denay Limestone | ||
Stratigraphy comments: Conodont zone: kockelianus. Faunal Interval 17L. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | packstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils,some microfossils |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
Also known as: | 2900 ft. SE of VABM 7936 | ||
Database number: | 44135 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2004-09-01 15:22:44 | Last modified: | 2018-08-23 14:46:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-09-01 15:22:44 |
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] |