D1908 CO, Clear Creek Canyon (Ordovician of the United States)

Also known as USGS D 1908 CO

Where: Nye County, Nevada (38.8° N, 116.5° W: paleocoordinates 5.9° S, 80.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Antelope Valley Formation (Pogonip Group), Whiterockian (470.0 - 457.3 Ma)

• 170 feet below basal sandstone of Copenhagen Formation.

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 105568: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 22.02.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Eofalodus brevis, Dichogranthus sp.
Eofalodus brevis
ID by J. W. Huddle
Dichogranthus sp.
ID by J. W. Huddle
Conodonta
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Trichonodella sp.
Trichonodella sp. Branson and Branson 1947 conodont
ID by J. W. Huddle
  - Distacodidae
Distacodus symmetricus
Distacodus symmetricus conodont
ID by J. W. Huddle
 Prioniodontida - Balognathidae
? Synprioniodina sp., "Tetraprioniodus" costatus
? Synprioniodina sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1926 conodont
ID by J. W. Huddle
"Tetraprioniodus" costatus conodont
ID by J. W. Huddle
 Prioniodontida -
Oulodus sp.
Oulodus sp. Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
ID by J. W. Huddle
 Protopanderodontida - Protopanderodontidae
Drepanodus subarcuatus
Drepanodus subarcuatus conodont
ID by J. W. Huddle
 Protopanderodontida - Drepanoistodontidae
"Drepanodus suberectus" = Drepanoistodus suberectus
"Drepanodus suberectus" = Drepanoistodus suberectus Branson and Mehl 1933 conodont
ID by J. W. Huddle
Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Anomalorthidae
Anomalorthis cf. oklahomensis
Anomalorthis cf. oklahomensis Ulrich and Cooper 1938
Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Illaenidae
Illaenus sp.
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite
Ostracoda
 Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Eoleperditia cf. bivia
Eoleperditia cf. bivia ostracod
ID by J. Berdan