Where: Nevada (39.6° N, 117.5° W: paleocoordinates 8.6° N, 43.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Augusta Formation (Star Peak Group), Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)
• Sutherlandi zone or lower
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, medium-grained, gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: recrystallized, replaced with calcite
Collected by G.D. Stanley
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
• Repository: University of Montana Invertebrate Paleontology, University of Montana Paleontology Center
Primary reference: E. Roniewicz and G. D. Stanley. 1998. Middle Triassic cnidarians from the New Pass Range, central Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 72(2):246-256 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 150771: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.09.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Ceriostella variabilis n. gen. n. sp.
Ceriostella variabilis n. gen. n. sp. Roniewicz and Stanley 1998 stony coral |