Where: Nevada (37.5° N, 115.7° W: paleocoordinates 2.5° S, 95.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Olenellus trilobite zone, Thimble Limestone Member (Carrara Formation), Dyeran (516.0 - 513.0 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; dolomitic, black, brown, argillaceous limestone
•black, brown, and orange thin-bedded argillaceous
•dolomitic limestone which varies in argillaceous content
•throughout the study area.
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley. 1979. Physical Stratigraphy and Trilobite Biostratigraphy of the Carrara Formation (Lower and Middle Cambrian) in the Southern Great Basin. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1047:1-131 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/J. Ju]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 149551: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 08.08.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Bristolia cf. fragilis Palmer and Halley 1979 trilobite |