USGS D1021-CO (Ordovician of the United States)

Also known as 1-11-12J

Where: Esmeralda County, Nevada (38.0° N, 118.0° W: paleocoordinates 5.1° S, 81.4° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nemagraptus gracilis + Climacograptus bicornis graptolite zone, Palmetto Formation, Middle Ordovician (470.0 - 458.4 Ma)

• "probably zone 9 of Elles and Wood, 1914, but could be zone 10"

Environment/lithology: marine; black, gray, green, cherty/siliceous shale and gray limestone

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: P. T. Robinson, J. H. Stewart, R. J. Moiola and J. P. Albers. 1976. Geologic map of the Rhyolite Ridge quadrangle, Esmeralda County, Nevada. [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 203994: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 29.08.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Normalograptidae
"Glyptograptus euglyphus" = Pronormalograptus euglyphus
"Glyptograptus euglyphus" = Pronormalograptus euglyphus Lapworth 1880 graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Climacograptidae
Climacograptus sp. Hall 1865 climacograptid
 Graptoloidea - Diplograptidae
Diplograptus sp. graptolite
 Graptoloidea - Dicranograptidae
Dicellograptus sextans Hall 1843 graptolite