USNM 10758. Big ledge, east flank and near mouth of Coal Canyon (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Loc. 4813, WUB, A37-1, J52-2

Where: Eureka County, Nevada (40.1° N, 116.4° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° S, 60.1° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Monograptus hercynicus nevadensis graptolite zone, Quadrithyris Zone Member (Windmill Limestone Formation), Siegen (412.3 - 409.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

• Collectors: J. G. Johnson, 1957, 1958; M.A. Murphy, 1957; E. L. Winterer,

•1957, 1962; H. Masursky, 1960; N. G. Lane, 1962; A. J. Boucot, 1963.

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 164726: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 12.12.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira sp. Hall 1863
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina "sp. A" Davidson 1858
Cyrtinaella causa Johnson 1970
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ambocoelia sp. Hall 1860
 Spiriferida - Xenomartiniidae
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
 Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
 Orthida - Hesperorthidae
"Dolerorthis" sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina "sp. A" Havlicek 1953
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Protocortezorthis windmillensis n. sp. Johnson and Talent 1967
Levenea "sp. A" Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
"Schizophoria parafragilis" = Schizophoria (Eoschizophoria) parafragilis
"Schizophoria parafragilis" = Schizophoria (Eoschizophoria) parafragilis Johnson 1970
 Atrypida - Karpinskiidae
Toquimaella kayi Johnson 1967
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa reticularis Linnaeus 1758
 Atrypida - Lissatrypidae
? Lissatrypa sp. Twenhofel 1914
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Atrypina simpsoni n. sp. Johnson 1970
 Rhynchonellida - Machaerariidae
Machaeraria sp. Cooper 1955
 Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
 Pentamerida - Parastrophinidae
 Pentamerida - Camerellidae
"Camerella" sp. Billings 1859
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Leptaenoideidae
Leptaenisca sp. Beecher 1890
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia "sp. A" Hall and Clarke 1892
 Strophomenida - Amphistrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena "sp. A" Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Strophonellidae