Where: Nevada (38.5° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 18.1° N, 55.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gabbs Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Ferguson, Cathcart, Heigs, Stanton in 1923; 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 166669: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.02.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Sibyllonautilus fergusoni n. sp.
Sibyllonautilus fergusoni n. sp. Kummel 1953 nautiloid |