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 145611: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 06.06.2013
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Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia | |
Rectograptus abbreviatus, Parareteograptus sinensis, Anticostia fastigata, Anticostia tenuissima, Anticostia uniformis
Rectograptus abbreviatus Elles and Wood 1907 graptolite
Parareteograptus sinensis Mu 1974 graptolite
Anticostia fastigata graptolite
Anticostia tenuissima graptolite
Anticostia uniformis graptolite | |
Climacograptus hastatus, Styracograptus tatianae, Styracograptus mississippiensis, Appendispinograptus longispinus
Climacograptus hastatus Hall 1902 climacograptid
Styracograptus tatianae climacograptid
Styracograptus mississippiensis Ruedemann 1908 climacograptid
Appendispinograptus longispinus Hall 1902 climacograptid | |
Paraplegmatograptus uniformis Mu 1978 lasiograptid | |
Pleurograptus lui Mu 1950 graptolite
Dicellograptus minor graptolite
Dicellograptus ornatus Elles and Wood 1904 graptolite |