Also known as UCLA 6933; erroneously listed in Hollingsworth 2006 as "locality 23993" and "UCLA loc. 26993"

Where: Esmeralda County, Nevada (38.0° N, 118.2° W: paleocoordinates 2.9° S, 96.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nevadella zone, Montenegro Member (Campito Formation), Montezuman (520.0 - 515.3 Ma)

• Upper part of the Montenegro Member

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; argillaceous siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by R. P. Bowen in the 1970s; reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: surface (float)

• "It was found in the early 1970s by R. P. Bowen, an exploration engineer for a mining company. He submitted the specimen to C. A. Nelson for study. Bowen reported that the specimen was found, presumably as float..."

Primary reference: J. S. Hollingsworth. 2006. Holmiidae (Trilobita: Olenellina) of the Montezuman Stage (Early Cambrian) in Western Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 80(2):309-332 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 140649: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 14.03.2013

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