USGS D-249a CO, Martin Ridge (Ordovician of the United States)

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

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Harpetida - Harpididae
Harpididae indet. Whittington 1950 trilobite
 Trinucleida - Raphiophoridae
Lonchodomas sp. Angelin 1854 trilobite
 Lichida - Lichidae
Amphilichas aff. minganensis Billings 1865 trilobite