D 1821 CO (Ordovician of the United States)

Also known as SF 522

Where: White Pine County, Nevada (39.5° N, 114.9° W: paleocoordinates 6.9° S, 79.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: M trilobite zone, Kanosh Fm. Formation, Whiterockian (470.0 - 457.3 Ma)

• Whiterockian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified shale

• outer shelf/dysoxic basin
• fissile; interbedded w/nodular silty Ls, fine calcarenite, silty laminated Ls

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 104528: authorized by Seth Finnegan, entered by Seth Finnegan on 07.02.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Anomalorthidae
Anomalorthis utahensis
Anomalorthis utahensis Ulrich and Cooper 1936
 Orthida - Orthidae
Orthambonites sp.
Orthambonites sp. Pander 1830