Where: Nevada (39.2° N, 115.0° W: paleocoordinates 12.0° N, 36.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Arcturus Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• In Lower Arcturus Formation, at least 500 feet above base, but indeterminate stratigraphic position.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, gray 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 120705: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.11.2011

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