Where: Nevada (40.5° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 11.1° N, 41.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia (ANSP), but the specimen has been missing since before 1900.
Primary reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Triassic fossils of California and the adjacent territories. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:19-35 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 142627: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Ceratites whitneyi n. sp.
Ceratites whitneyi n. sp. Gabb 1864 ceratite |