New York Canyon, section c, lower Nun Mine Mb (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Nevada (38.5° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 18.1° N, 55.7° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: amoenum ammonoid zone, Nun Mine Member (Gabbs Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• Striata subzone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Northwest Museum of Natural History (NWMNH)

Primary reference: D. G. Taylor and J. Guex. 2002. The Triassic/Jurassic System boundary in the John Day Inlier, east-central Oregon. Oregon Geology 64:3-28 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 157632: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.06.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Haloritidae
Sagenites striata n. sp. Taylor and Guex 2002 ceratite