MJ-1. West-side flank beds beside the large bioherm, Meiklejohn Peak (Ordovician of the United States)

Also known as MJ-1, the west-side flank beds beside the large bioherm on the front of Meiklejohn Peak

Where: Nye County, Nevada (36.9° N, 116.7° W: paleocoordinates 6.0° S, 83.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Orthidiella brachiopod zone, Antelope Valley Formation (Pogonip Group), Rangerian (470.0 - 470.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• 80 m thick and 300 m wide mud-mound in an outer ramp setting in relatively deep and cold water. Core of the mound with zebra limestone bands and stromatactis structures.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: J. Sprinkle and C. D. Sumrall. 2008. New parablastoids from the western United States. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 16:1-14 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183606: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 08.01.2017

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Taxonomic list

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 Parablastoidea - Blastocystidae
"? Blastoidocrinus elongatus n. sp." = Parabolablastus elongatus, ? Blastoidocrinus nevadensis n. sp.
"? Blastoidocrinus elongatus n. sp." = Parabolablastus elongatus Sprinkle 1973
? Blastoidocrinus nevadensis n. sp. Sprinkle 1973