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, Gold Ace Limestone Member (Carrara Formation), Dyeran (515.3 - 511.2 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lime mudstone
•microspar limestone, presumed to have been a lime
•mudstone or a pelleted lime mudstone when deposited.
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 149558: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 09.08.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Bristolia anteros Palmer and Halley 1979 trilobite |