D1516 CO (Ordovician of the United States)

Also known as SF 103

Where: Nye County, Nevada (39.0° N, 116.6° W: paleocoordinates 5.8° S, 80.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Anomalorthis brachiopod zone, Antelope Valley Formation (Pogonip Group), Whiterockian (470.0 - 457.3 Ma)

• Whiterockian; no formal stage. Was Zone L?

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified limestone

• middle shelf
• thin-bedded; muddy; nodular in places, more resistant silty calcarenitic beds

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collected by J. Ross, Jr.

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: R. J., J.r. Ross. 1970. Ordovician Brachiopods, Trilobites, and Stratigraphy in Eastern and Central Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 639:1-99 [S. Finnegan/S. Finnegan/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 104449: authorized by Seth Finnegan, entered by Seth Finnegan on 07.02.2011, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
Calycocoelia typicalis Bassler 1927 demosponge
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pseudomera sp. Holliday 1942 trilobite
 Phacopida - Cheiruridae
? Kawina sp. Barton 1916 trilobite
Giant species
 Asaphida - Nileidae
Nileus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
"small ostracode"
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
 Palaeocopida - Leperditellidae
 Palaeocopida - Schmidtellidae
Schmidtella sp. Ulrich 1892 ostracod
"Shmidtella"
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidae
"Orthambonites minisculus" = Paralenorthis minusculus
"Orthambonites minisculus" = Paralenorthis minusculus Phleger 1933
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Syndielasmatidae
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Helicotomidae
Boucotspira antelopensis2 Rohr 1996 snail
 Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Malayaspira hintzei1 Rohr 1994 snail
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Lophospira perangulata1 Hall 1847 snail
 Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Semizona glindmeyeri2 Rohr 1996 snail
Bivalvia
 Solemyida - Ctenodontidae
? Ctenodonta sp. Salter 1852 clam