Also known as SF 147
Where: Nye County, Nevada (37.1° N, 116.5° W: paleocoordinates 6.0° S, 83.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: L? brachiopod zone, Paiute Ridge Member (Antelope Valley Formation), Rangerian (470.0 - 470.3 Ma)
• Whiterockian. Originally given as "Lower Paiute Ridge" member.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Collected by J. Ross, Jr.
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: R. J. Ross, Jr. and C. R. Longwell. 1964. Middle and Lower Ordovician Formations in Southernmost Nevada and Adjacent California. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1180-C:C1-C101 [S. Finnegan/S. Finnegan/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 104288: authorized by Seth Finnegan, entered by Seth Finnegan on 07.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
"Orthambonites cf. subalata" = Orthis subalata
"Orthambonites cf. subalata" = Orthis subalata Ulrich and Cooper 1938 |