Where: Nevada (37.5° N, 115.7° W: paleocoordinates 2.3° S, 94.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Glossopleura trilobite zone, Desert Range Limestone Member (Carrara Formation), Delamaran (513.0 - 505.0 Ma)
• This member includes thin beds rich in the disarticulated remains of species of Glossopleura at many localities.
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; black limestone and dolomitic limestone
•black argillaceous limestone with orange
•dolomitic partings.
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 149575: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.08.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Glossopleura ? walcotti Poulsen 1927 trilobite |