USNM 10713. South end of Ribbit Hill, north flank of Whiterock Canyon (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Loc. 4354, J61-1. Type section of Rabbit Hill Limestone.

Where: Eureka County, Nevada (39.2° N, 116.4° W: paleocoordinates 19.9° S, 61.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Spinoplasia brachiopod zone, Rabbit Hill Limestone Formation, Siegen (412.3 - 409.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by J. G. Johnson and J. B. Roen; A. J. Boucot in 1959, 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 164821: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 17.12.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Strophomenida -
Strophochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
? Pholidostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Camerellidae
Camerella sp. Billings 1859
 Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Spinoplasia roeni n. sp. Johnson 1970
Plicoplasia cooperi Boucot 1959
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina cf. varia Clarke 1900
 Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Leptocoelina squamosa n. sp. Johnson 1970
Leptocoelia murphyi Johnson 1970
 Rhynchonellida - Eatoniidae
 Terebratulida - Centronellidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina "sp. B" Havlicek 1953
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Levenea navicula Johnson 1970
 Orthida - Orthidae
Orthostrophella monitorensis n. sp. Johnson 1970