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 204517: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 10.09.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Skolithos bulbus Alpert 1975
Planolites beverleyensis Billings 1862 |