Nev-20, Quinn River Crossing (Permian of the United States)

Where: Nevada (41.5° N, 118.3° W: paleocoordinates 15.5° N, 37.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)

• 240-255 feet above base of section. Middle to upper Wolfcampian.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: microfossils

Collected by Russell Jeffords in 1957

Collection methods: peel or thin section

• Repository: Humble Oil & Refining Company, Midland, TX

Primary reference: J. W. Skinner and G. L. Wilde. 1966. Permian fusulinids from northwestern Nevada. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 4:1-10 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 127825: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 25.05.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Eoparafusulina bellula n. sp. Skinner and Wilde 1966
Chalaroschwagerina cf. solita Skinner and Wilde 1966
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae
Pseudofusulinella pusilla n. sp. Skinner and Wilde 1966