USNM 12778. East flank of McColley Canyon, 200-300 ft E. of creek (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as MCE

Where: Eureka County, Nevada (40.1° N, 116.1° W: paleocoordinates 27.3° S, 54.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Acrospirifer kobehana brachiopod zone, Acrospirifer kobehana Member (McColley Canyon Formation), Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by A. J. Boucot in 1963; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: J. G. Johnson. 1970. Great Basin Lower Devonian Brachiopoda. Geological Society of America Special Paper (131)1-421 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164691: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 10.12.2014

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Anoplia elongata Johnson 1970
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
? Chonetes sp. Fischer de Waldheim 1830
 Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
Mclearnites invasor Johnson 1970
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena "sp. C" Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia "sp. D" Hall and Clarke 1892
 Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Phragmostrophia cf. merriami Harper et al. 1967
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
 Rhynchonellida - Leiorhynchidae
"? Katunia sp." = Katuniella
"? Katunia sp." = Katuniella
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina "sp. C" Havlicek 1953
 Orthida - Draboviidae
Salopina sp. Boucot 1960
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa nevadana Merriam 1940
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina "sp. C" Davidson 1858
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
 Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
"Acrospirifer kobehana" = Patriaspirifer kobehana
"Acrospirifer kobehana" = Patriaspirifer kobehana Merriam 1940
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira sp. Hall 1863
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
 Athyridida - Meristellidae