USNM Locality 41082 (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: Inyo County, California (37.1° N, 118.2° W: paleocoordinates 0.2° N, 96.4° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Plagiura trilobite zone, Monola Formation, Delamaran (511.2 - 506.5 Ma)

• Approximately 20 m above the base of the type section of the Monola Formation.

Environment/lithology: marginal 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 205005: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 02.10.2019

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Corynexochida - Oryctocephalidae
Microryctocara nevadensis Sundberg and McCollum 1997 trilobite
Oryctocephalus indicus Reed 1910 trilobite
 Ptychopariida -
"Eoptychoparia piochensis" = Eokochaspis piochensis
"Eoptychoparia piochensis" = Eokochaspis piochensis Palmer and Halley 1979 trilobite
""Eoptychoparia" piochensis?"