Where: Nevada (40.5° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 11.1° N, 41.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Acrochordiceras hyatti ammonoid zone, Fossil Hill Member (Prida Formation), Bithynian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• Americanus subzone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified limestone and lithified siltstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: H. Bucher. 1992. Ammonoids of the Hyatti Zone and the Anisian transgression in the Star Peak Group, Northwestern Nevada, USA. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 233:137-166 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 112766: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Christina Feng on 16.07.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham and Bethany Allen
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
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Ginsburgites americanus Bucher 1992 ceratite
Augustaceras robustum Bucher 1992 ceratite | |
Conodonta | |
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