UCMP B-6222, Ward Mountain (Permian of the United States)

Where: Nevada (39.0° N, 114.9° W: paleocoordinates 9.8° N, 37.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pequop Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• Near base of lower Arcturus Formation (Pequop Fm)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, gray limestone

• Massive limestone, medium gray, many large fasciculate corals, brachiopods, and echinoid spines.

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 120701: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.11.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Polidevcia bellistriata
Polidevcia bellistriata Stevens 1858 clam
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Durhaminidae
Durhamina cordillerensis
Durhamina cordillerensis Easton 1960 horn coral