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 145803: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 11.06.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Pterobranchia | |
Phormograptus connectus lasiograptid | |
Appendispinograptus longispinus, Appendispinograptus supernus, Climacograptus hastatus, Styracograptus tatianae
Appendispinograptus longispinus Hall 1902 climacograptid
Appendispinograptus supernus Elles and Wood 1906 climacograptid
Climacograptus hastatus Hall 1902 climacograptid
Styracograptus tatianae climacograptid | |
Paraorthograptus pacificus, Rectograptus abbreviatus, Diplograptus rarithecatus, Parareteograptus sinensis
Paraorthograptus pacificus Ruedemann 1947 graptolite
Rectograptus abbreviatus Elles and Wood 1907 graptolite
Diplograptus rarithecatus graptolite
Parareteograptus sinensis Mu 1974 graptolite | |
Pleurograptus lui Mu 1950 graptolite
Dicellograptus minor graptolite
Dicellograptus ornatus Elles and Wood 1904 graptolite |