Where: Nevada (39.9° N, 116.2° W: paleocoordinates 6.5° S, 73.9° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dicellograptus ornatus graptolite zone, Vinini Formation, Ashgill (449.5 - 443.7 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; gray mudstone and muddy shale
Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: P. Storch, C. E. Mitchell, S. C. Finney and M. J. Melchin. 2011. Uppermost Ordovician (upper Katian-Hirnantian) graptolites of north-central Nevada, USA. Bulletin of Geosciences 86(2):301-386 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 145608: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 06.06.2013
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Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia | |
Phormograptus connectus lasiograptid
Paraplegmatograptus uniformis Mu 1978 lasiograptid
Yinograptus disjunctus lasiograptid | |
Appendispinograptus longispinus Hall 1902 climacograptid
Climacograptus hastatus Hall 1902 climacograptid
Styracograptus mississippiensis Ruedemann 1908 climacograptid | |
Anticostia festigata graptolite
Parareteograptus sinensis Mu 1974 graptolite | |
Pleurograptus lui Mu 1950 graptolite
Dicellograptus minor graptolite
Dicellograptus ornatus Elles and Wood 1904 graptolite |