USGS 11782, roadside south of spring in mouth of Union Canyon (Triassic of the United States)
Where: Nevada (38.9° N, 117.6° W: paleocoordinates 15.5° N, 53.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 Ma)
• Presumably from the Luning Formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: B. Kummel. 1953. American Triassic coiled nautiloids. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 250:1-104 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 166664: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 21.02.2015
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Cephalopoda | |
Germanonautilus sp. von Mojsisovics 1902 nautiloid |