Where: California (37.3° N, 117.8° W: paleocoordinates 0.9° S, 95.3° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Olenellus trilobite zone, Mule Spring Limestone Formation, Dyeran (515.3 - 511.2 Ma)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
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 149699: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 20.08.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Peachella iddingsi Walcott 1884 trilobite | |
Bristolia anteros Palmer and Halley 1979 trilobite |