Pilot Mountains (MSESE collection) (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Nevada (38.4° N, 118.0° W: paleocoordinates 15.1° N, 54.2° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by D. Cornwall

• Repository: Reno-Mackay School of Earth Science and Engineering, W. M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum

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 150757: 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 Roniewicz and Stanley 2013 stony coral