Cain Mountain (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Nevada (40.0° N, 117.5° W: paleocoordinates 16.8° N, 53.3° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Osobb Formation, Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• lower limestone near coral bed

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: E. Roniewicz and G. D. Stanley. 2013. Upper Triassic corals from Nevada, western North America, and the implications for paleoecology and paleogeography. Journal of Paleontology 87:934-964 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150753: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Coryphylliidae
Nevadoseris punctata n. sp. Roniewicz and Stanley 2013 stony coral