UCMP B5868, Tonopah Quadrangle, Mineral County (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

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Luning 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

Collected by H.H. Mottern Jr.; reposited in the UCMP

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 150759: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Retiophyllia nevadae n. sp.
Retiophyllia nevadae n. sp. Roniewicz and Stanley 2013 stony coral