Also known as SF 186
Where: Inyo County, California (36.9° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 5.8° S, 85.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: N-O brachiopod zone, Badger Flat Formation, Whiterockian (470.0 - 457.3 Ma)
• Whiterockian; "probably N-O"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; 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 104319: authorized by Seth Finnegan, entered by Seth Finnegan on 07.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhysostrophia occidentalis Ulrich and Cooper 1936 | |
"? Orthambonites cf. mazourkensis" = Plectorthis mazourkaensis, "Orthambonites patulus" = Plectorthis patula
"? Orthambonites cf. mazourkensis" = Plectorthis mazourkaensis Phleger 1933 misspelled as "? Orthambonites cf. mazourkaensis"
"Orthambonites patulus" = Plectorthis patula Phleger 1933 | |
Demospongiae | |
Calycocoelia sp. Bassler 1927 demosponge |