Also known as SF 159

Where: Nye County, Nevada (37.1° N, 116.5° W: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 84.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: J? zone, Paiute Ridge Member (Antelope Valley Formation), Blackhillsian to Blackhillsian (474.9 - 470.3 Ma)

• Ibexian; Originally given as "Lower Paiute Ridge" member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

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 104300: authorized by Seth Finnegan, entered by Seth Finnegan on 07.02.2011

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