Where: Nevada (39.0° N, 114.6° W: paleocoordinates 11.8° N, 36.8° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Arcturus Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)
• Upper 10 feet of 125 foot bluff.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: W. H. Easton. 1960. Permian corals from Nevada and California. Journal of Paleontology 34:570-583 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 107570: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.04.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Lithostrotion (Thysanophyllum) princeps" = Protowentzelella cystosa, "Lithostrotion (Lithostrotionella) dilatata n. sp." = Protowentzelella kunthi
"Lithostrotion (Thysanophyllum) princeps" = Protowentzelella cystosa Dobrolyubova 1936 horn coral
"Lithostrotion (Lithostrotionella) dilatata n. sp." = Protowentzelella kunthi Stuckenberg 1895 horn coral |