USNM 10726. Head of McColley Canyon, Sulphur Spring Range (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as 4780, UCR 3485, KC, A73-1

Where: Eureka County, Nevada (40.2° N, 116.1° W: paleocoordinates 27.3° S, 54.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Eurekaspirifer pinyonensis brachiopod zone, Eurekaspirifer pinyonensis Zone Member (McColley Canyon Formation), Emsian (407.6 - 393.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: argillaceous limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original calcite, replaced with silica

Collected by M. A. Murphy & A. J. Boucot in 1956, 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 164794: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 16.12.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
 Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Sieberella pyriforma Johnson 1970
 Spiriferida - Hysterolitidae
Dyticospirifer mccolleyensis n. gen. n. sp. Johnson 1966
 Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
Megakozlowskiella magnapleura n. sp. Johnson 1970
 Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae
Costispirifer sp. Copper 1942
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
"Elytha sp." = Elita
"Elytha sp." = Elita
 Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira pseudocamilla n. sp. Johnson 1970
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina cf. varia Clarke 1900
 Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Leptocoelia murphyi n. sp. Johnson 1970
 Terebratulida - Centronellidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina "sp. B" Havlicek 1953
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Levenea navicula Johnson 1970