Fortey and Droser 1999, Figure 2 15-20 (Ordovician of the United States)

Also known as SF 27

Where: Nye County, Nevada (38.3° N, 116.4° W: paleocoordinates 5.8° S, 82.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: L brachiopod zone, Antelope Valley Formation (Pogonip Group), Rangerian (470.0 - 470.3 Ma)

• Whiterockian; Rangerian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• carbonate platform
• wackestone/packstone; thin-bedded; interbedded w/shales

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collected by R. A. Fortey, M. L. Droser

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: R. A. Fortey and M. L. Droser. 1999. Trilobites from the Base of the Type Whiterockian (Middle Ordovician) in Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 73(2):182-201 [S. Finnegan/S. Finnegan/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 104652: authorized by Seth Finnegan, entered by Seth Finnegan on 07.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Ectenonotus whittingtoni Ross and Barnes 1967 trilobite