UCLA 6096 (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: Inyo County, California (37.3° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 0.1° N, 97.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Bonnia-Olenellus zone, Upper Member (Poleta Formation), Dyeran (515.3 - 511.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; quartzite

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

Collected by S. P. Alpert in 1971; reposited in the LACM

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: S. P. Alpert. 1975. Planolites and Skolithos from the Upper Precambrian-Lower Cambrian, White-Inyo Mountains, California. Journal of Paleontology 49(3):508-521 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204505: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 10.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

 Ichnofossils -
Skolithos bulbus Alpert 1975