Where: Nevada (39.9° N, 116.2° W: paleocoordinates 6.5° S, 72.9° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Normalograptus persculptus graptolite zone, Vinini Formation, Hirnantian (445.2 - 443.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; 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 145755: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.06.2013

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