USNM 17779. 1875' upsection, 2100' west of VABM 7936, Lone Mountain: Eifelian, Nevada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
Oxyspira murphyi Blodgett and Johnson 1992
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
"Goniasma" floryi Blodgett and Johnson 1992
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalocirridae
? Omphalocirrus sp. de Ryckholt 1860
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Euomphalina
Straparollus (Serpulospira) swickae Blodgett and Johnson 1992
12 specimens
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Oriostoma gerbaulti Oehlert 1877
2 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)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Devonian Epoch: Middle Devonian
Stage: Eifelian 10 m.y. bin: Devonian 3
Key time interval: Eifelian Conodont zone:  Polygnathus ensensis
Age range of interval: 393.3 - 387.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Nevada Formation:Denay Limestone
Stratigraphy comments: Conodont Zone: ensensis. Faunal Interval 19.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
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:EF-29+8
Database number:44141
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-09-01 16:19:37 Last modified:2014-12-09 22:05:32
Access level:the public Released:2004-09-01 16:19:37
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]