Where: Inyo County, California (36.9° N, 117.9° W: paleocoordinates 0.5° S, 94.2° W)
• coordinate stated in text
When: Plagiura trilobite zone, Monola Formation, Delamaran (511.2 - 506.5 Ma)
• Between 16 and 20 m above the base of the Monola Formation.
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: F. A. Sundberg and L. B. McCollum. 1997. Oryctocephalids (Corynexochida: Trilobita) of the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary interval from California and Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 77(6):1065-1090 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 205003: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 02.10.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Trilobita | |
Oryctocephalus indicus Reed 1910 trilobite | |
"Syspacephalus sp." = Ptychoparella
"Syspacephalus sp." = Ptychoparella Poulson 1927 trilobite | |
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Inarticulata | |
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Hyolitha | |
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