UCLA 6050 (Cambrian to of the United States)

Where: Inyo County, California (37.3° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 99.1° W)

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When: Nevadella or Bonnia-Olenellus zone, Poleta Formation, Montezuman to Montezuman (520.0 - 511.2 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: trace

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

Primary reference: S. P. Alpert. 1973. Bergaueria Prantl (Cambrian and Ordovician), a Probable Actinian Trace Fossil. Journal of Paleontology 47(5):919-924 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 204542: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 11.09.2019

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Taxonomic list

 Ichnofossils -
? Bergaueria sp. Prantl 1946
Skolithos bulbus Alpert 1975
Planolites beverleyensis Billings 1862