Diamond Springs, Unit 54 (Permian of the United States)

Where: Nevada (39.9° N, 115.8° W: paleocoordinates 14.7° N, 36.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)

• Lower-Middle Leonardian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified, shelly/skeletal grainstone

• Sandstone and limestone turbidites

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. A. Ross and J. R. P. Ross. 1987. Lower Permian bryozoans, Diamond Range, Nevada. In J. R. P. Ross (ed.), Bryozoa: Present and Past 237-244 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 116807: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Parafusulina sp.
Parafusulina sp. Dunbar and Skinner 1931
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Orthovertella sp., Calcitornella sp.
Orthovertella sp. Cushman and Waters 1928
 Miliolida - Hemigordiopsidae
Agathammina sp.
Agathammina sp. Neumayr 1887
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Brachiopoda
  -
Rhynchonelliformea indet.
Rhynchonelliformea indet. Williams et al. 1996
"brachiopod fragments"
Stenolaemata
 Cryptostomida - Timanodictyidae
Timanodictya sp.
 Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Stenoporidae indet.
Stenoporidae indet. Waagen and Wentzel 1886
 Cryptostomata - Hyphasmoporidae
Streblotrypa sp.
 Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestellidae indet.
 Cryptostomata - Acanthocladiidae
"Polyporidae indet." = Acanthocladiidae
"Polyporidae indet." = Acanthocladiidae Zittel 1880
 Cystoporata - Fistuliporidae
Fistuliporidae indet.
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin