Pilot Mountains locality DC unit 12 (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Nevada (38.4° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 15.3° N, 54.3° W)

When: Luning Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• 4.0 m thick

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, fine-grained limestone

• Limestone, thin-bedded, reefoid, bioclastic

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. D. Stanley, Jr. 1979. Paleoecology, structure, and distribution of Triassic coral buildups in western North America. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 65:1-68 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 100423: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 09.12.2010, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Ceriostella sp.
Ceriostella sp. Roniewicz and Stanley 1998 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Elysastraea profunda
Elysastraea profunda Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp.
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823 stony coral
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Trichites sp.
Trichites sp. Lhuyd 1760 oyster