D 725 CO (Ordovician of the United States)

Also known as SF 160

Where: Nye County, Nevada (37.1° N, 116.5° W: paleocoordinates 5.4° S, 85.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: J trilobite zone, Paiute Ridge Member (Antelope Valley Formation), Blackhillsian (474.9 - 470.0 Ma)

• Ibexian; Lower part of member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• carbonate platform
• medium-bedded

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 104301: authorized by Seth Finnegan, entered by Seth Finnegan on 07.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Hesperonomiidae
Hesperonomia antelopensis
Hesperonomia antelopensis Ulrich and Cooper 1936
 Orthida - Finkelnburgiidae
Diparelasma cf. typicum
Diparelasma cf. typicum Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Trilobita
 Proetida - Bathyuridae
"? Goniotelina sp." = Acidiphorus
"? Goniotelina sp." = Acidiphorus Raymond 1925 trilobite
 Asaphida - Asaphidae
Lachnostoma latucelsum, Ptyocephalus sp., "? Megalaspidella sp." = Asaphellus
Lachnostoma latucelsum Ross 1951 trilobite
Ptyocephalus sp. Agassiz 1843 trilobite
"? Megalaspidella sp." = Asaphellus Callaway 1877 trilobite