PBDB Collection

Vinini Creek section, lower part, 9m (Ordovician of the United States)

Where: Nevada (39.9° N, 116.2° W: paleocoordinates 6.5° S, 73.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Paraorthograptus pacificus graptolite zone, Vinini Formation, Ashgill (449.5 - 443.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; gray mudstone and muddy shale

• the lowermost 8.7 m of the section

• gray lime mudstone and mud 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 145737: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.06.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Pterobranchia
Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae	Pleurograptus lui, Dicellograptus cf. complanatus, Dicellograptus ornatus Pleurograptus lui Mu 1950 graptolite Dicellograptus cf. complanatus Lapworth 1880 graptolite Dicellograptus ornatus Elles and Wood 1904 graptolite
Graptoloidea - Lasiograptidae	Paraplegmatograptus uniformis Paraplegmatograptus uniformis Mu 1978 lasiograptid
Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae	Diplograptus rarithecatus, Rectograptus abbreviatus, Anticostia uniformis, Anticostia lata, Parareteograptus parvus, Parareteograptus sinensis, Paraorthograptus uniformis, Paraorthograptus pacificus Diplograptus rarithecatus graptolite Rectograptus abbreviatus Elles and Wood 1907 graptolite Anticostia uniformis graptolite Anticostia lata Elles and Wood 1906 graptolite Parareteograptus parvus graptolite Parareteograptus sinensis Mu 1974 graptolite Paraorthograptus uniformis Mu and Li 1984 graptolite Paraorthograptus pacificus Ruedemann 1947 graptolite
Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae	Appendispinograptus leptothecalis, Appendispinograptus longispinus, Appendispinograptus supernus, Styracograptus tatianae, Styracograptus mississippiensis, Climacograptus hastatus Appendispinograptus leptothecalis climacograptid Appendispinograptus longispinus Hall 1902 climacograptid Appendispinograptus supernus Elles and Wood 1906 climacograptid Styracograptus tatianae climacograptid Styracograptus mississippiensis Ruedemann 1908 climacograptid Climacograptus hastatus Hall 1902 climacograptid