Where: Eureka County, Nevada (39.2° N, 116.4° W: paleocoordinates 6.4° S, 77.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: C Member (Copenhagen Formation), Mohawkian (457.3 - 451.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: surface (float),
Primary reference: R. J., J.r. Ross and F. C. Shaw. 1972. Distribution of the Middle Ordovician Copenhagen Formation and its trilobites in Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 749:1-33 [M. Hopkins/M. Hopkins/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 105556: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 22.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Harpididae indet. Whittington 1950 trilobite | |
Lonchodomas sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite | |
Amphilichas aff. minganensis Billings 1865 trilobite |