D9807 CO. Dobbin Summit (Ordovician of the United States)

Also known as USGS 9807-CO-D; Locality 90R-DS; Lower Antelope Valley Fm. at Dobin Summit, NV

Where: Nye County, Nevada (39.0° N, 116.5° W: paleocoordinates 5.9° S, 80.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Anomalorthis other zone, Antelope Valley Formation (Pogonip Group), Whiterockian (470.0 - 457.3 Ma)

• Anomalorthis Zone (= Zone M), Kanoshian, middle Whiterockian. Histiodella sinuosa

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; dolomitic, silty limestone and burrowed siltstone

• silty, dolomitic limestone interbedded with horizontally burrowed siltstone. Apparent hardground surfaces observed on the tops of some of the limestone layers. Shelley layers are commonly separated by stromatolitic intervals.

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: recrystallized, replaced with silica

Reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: D. M. Rohr. 1996. Ordovician (Whiterockian) gastropods of Nevada, Part 2. Journal of Paleontology 70(1):56-63 [A. Miller/R. Krause/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 14229: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Rich Krause on 28.05.2002, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Orthida - Orthidiellidae
Orthidiella indet. Ulrich and Cooper 1936
Gastropoda
 Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
aff. Groomodiscus rossi Rohr and Yochelson 1990 snail
 Euomphalina - Helicotomidae
"Walcottoma frydai" = Lophonema frydai, "Trochonemella antelopensis" = Boucotspira antelopensis
"Walcottoma frydai" = Lophonema frydai Rohr 1994 snail
"Trochonemella antelopensis" = Boucotspira antelopensis Rohr 1996 snail
 Euomphalina - Lesueurillidae
Lesueurilla sp.1 Koken 1898 snail
 Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae
Ceratopea lemonei1, "Helicotoma gubanovi" = Raphistoma gubanovi
Ceratopea lemonei1 Flower 1968 snail
"Helicotoma gubanovi" = Raphistoma gubanovi Rohr 1994 snail
 Euomphalina - Macluritidae
"Monitorella auricula n. sp." = Teiichispira auricula
"Monitorella auricula n. sp." = Teiichispira auricula Rohr 1994 snail
 Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Malayaspira hintzei, "Barnesella measuresae" = Asgardaspira measuresae, "Lytospira yochelsoni" = Asgardaspira yochelsoni, Ecculiomphalus sp., "Rossospira harrisae" = Ecculiomphalus harrisae
Malayaspira hintzei Rohr 1994 snail
"Barnesella measuresae" = Asgardaspira measuresae Rohr 1994 snail
"Lytospira yochelsoni" = Asgardaspira yochelsoni Rohr 1994 snail
Ecculiomphalus sp. Portlock 1843 snail
"Rossospira harrisae" = Ecculiomphalus harrisae Rohr 1994 snail
 Murchisoniina - Subulitidae
"Eroicaspira aff. augustina" = Eroicaspira simulatrix2
"Eroicaspira aff. augustina" = Eroicaspira simulatrix2 Billings 1865 snail
Paragastropoda
 Mimospirida - Onychochilidae