Where: Mineral County, Nevada (38.5° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 19.5° N, 56.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mullerites pleuroacanthitoides ammonoid zone, Ferguson Hill Member (Sunrise Formation), Liasicus (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)
• Correlated to European Laqueus subzone by Guex (1995)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: Repository: Musée de Géologie de Lausanne
Primary reference: J. Guex. 1995. Ammonites hettangiennes de la Gabbs Valley Range (Nevada, USA). Mémoires de Géologie (Lausanne) 27:1-131 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 188623: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 10.09.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Discamphiceras silberlingi n. sp., Mullerites pleuroacanthitoides n. sp.
Discamphiceras silberlingi n. sp. Guex 1980 ammonite
Mullerites pleuroacanthitoides n. sp. Guex 1980 ammonite | |
Schlotheimia angulata Schlotheim 1820 ammonite | |
Phylloceras psilomorphum Neumayr 1879 ammonite |