South Canyon, Bed 2b, New Pass Range (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Nevada (39.6° N, 117.5° W: paleocoordinates 10.1° N, 41.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fossil Hill Member (Favret Formation), Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; lithified siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Kummel. 1953. American Triassic coiled nautiloids. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 250:1-104 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 110985: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 17.06.2011

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Clydonautilidae