UCMP D-5535, Murry Summit (Permian of the United States)

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: Pequop Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• 730' (223 m) below base of Loray Fm

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by T. Yancey, L. Plas, M. Kaasa

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: T. E. Yancey. 1978. Brachiopods and mollusca of the Lower Permian Arcturus Group, Nevada and Utah, Part 1: brachiopods, scaphopods, rostroconchs, and bivalves. Bulletins of American Paleontology 74(303):257-367 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 120956: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 24.11.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Derbyiidae
Derbyia sp. Waagen 1884
 Productida - Aulostegidae
Costellarina plasi Yancey 1978
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Cleiothyridina ciriacksi Cooper and Grant 1976
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Composita mexicana Hall 1857
 Spiriferinida - Reticulariinidae
Reticulariina sp. Fredericks 1916
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculavus sp. Tschernyschev 1943 nut clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Selenimyalina sp. Newell 1942 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Arceodomidae