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; black shale and lime mudstone
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 145742: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.06.2013
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Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia | |
Diplograptus rarithecatus, Rectograptus abbreviatus, Anticostia fastigata, Anticostia lata, Paraorthograptus pacificus
Diplograptus rarithecatus graptolite
Rectograptus abbreviatus Elles and Wood 1907 graptolite
Anticostia fastigata graptolite
Anticostia lata Elles and Wood 1906 graptolite
Paraorthograptus pacificus Ruedemann 1947 graptolite | |
Paraplegmatograptus uniformis Mu 1978 lasiograptid | |
Styracograptus tatianae, Styracograptus mississippiensis, Climacograptus hastatus, Appendispinograptus supernus
Styracograptus tatianae climacograptid
Styracograptus mississippiensis Ruedemann 1908 climacograptid
Climacograptus hastatus Hall 1902 climacograptid
Appendispinograptus supernus Elles and Wood 1906 climacograptid | |
Dicellograptus minor graptolite
Dicellograptus ornatus Elles and Wood 1904 graptolite |