Where: Nevada (39.0° N, 114.9° W: paleocoordinates 12.2° N, 36.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Arcturus Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)
• 734-925 feet above base of Arcturus Formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, gray, cherty/siliceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. C. Wilson and R. L. Langenheim, Jr. 1962. Rugose and tabulate corals from Permian rocks in the Ely Quadrangle, White Pine County, Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 36:495-520 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 120695: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.11.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Durhamina cordillerensis Easton 1960 horn coral |