Where: Nevada (39.2° N, 116.4° W: paleocoordinates 6.7° S, 75.1° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dicellograptus ornatus zone, Katian (453.0 - 445.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lime mudstone and calcareous 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 145802: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 11.06.2013
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Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia | |
Phormograptus connectus lasiograptid | |
Rectograptus abbreviatus, Anticostia tenuissima, Anticostia lata, Parareteograptus parvus, Parareteograptus sinensis
Rectograptus abbreviatus Elles and Wood 1907 graptolite
Anticostia tenuissima graptolite
Anticostia lata Elles and Wood 1906 graptolite
Parareteograptus parvus graptolite
Parareteograptus sinensis Mu 1974 graptolite | |
Appendispinograptus supernus, Appendispinograptus longispinus, Climacograptus hastatus, Styracograptus mississippiensis
Appendispinograptus supernus Elles and Wood 1906 climacograptid
Appendispinograptus longispinus Hall 1902 climacograptid
Climacograptus hastatus Hall 1902 climacograptid
Styracograptus mississippiensis Ruedemann 1908 climacograptid | |
Dicellograptus minor graptolite
Dicellograptus ornatus Elles and Wood 1904 graptolite
Pleurograptus lui Mu 1950 graptolite |