Also known as SF 606

Where: Eureka County, Nevada (39.2° N, 116.3° W: paleocoordinates 4.7° S, 84.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Protopliomerella contracta trilobite zone, Ninemile Formation, Tulean (480.8 - 474.9 Ma)

• Ibexian; ?Zone G2 (Protopliomerella contracta)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified shale

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 104540: authorized by Seth Finnegan, entered by Seth Finnegan on 07.02.2011

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