Also known as 1-51-2J
Where: Esmeralda County, Nevada (37.9° N, 117.9° W: paleocoordinates 5.9° S, 97.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Poleta Formation, Early/Lower Cambrian (538.8 - 509.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; massive, gray limestone and brown, gray, yellow siltstone
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 204030: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 29.08.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
? Olenellus sp. Hall 1861 trilobite | |
Laudonia sp. Harrington 1956 trilobite |