Where: Inyo County, California (36.3° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 27.8° S, 58.5° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Lippincott Member (Lost Burro Formation), Late/Upper Emsian (402.5 - 391.9 Ma)
• The vertebrate-bearing unit was regarded as forming part of the lower part of the Lippincott Member of the Lost Burro Formation by Snow (1990), a correlation also supported by this study... The lithologic and stratigraphic differences between the two units suggest that the vertebrate-bearing unit is a variant of the lower part of the Lippincott Member.
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•Elliott 2016: "A late Emsian age (inversus-serotinus Zones) is suggested for this unit based on conodont data and lithostratigraphy (Johnson et al., 1988)."
Environment/lithology: estuary or bay; dolomitic, cherty/siliceous sandstone and dolomitic siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the FMNH
Primary reference: D. K. Elliott and R. R. Ilyes. 1996. New Early Devonian pteraspidids (Agnatha, Heterostraci) from Death Valley National Monument, southeastern California. Journal of Paleontology 70(1):152-161 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 206449: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 15.11.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Poraspis thomasi n. sp.3 Elliott and Petriello 2011 "...completely articulated cyathaspidid heterostracans in locality 2"
Phyllonaspis taphensis n. sp.2 Elliott 2016 | |
Panamintaspis snowi n. gen. n. sp.
Panamintaspis snowi n. gen. n. sp. Elliott and Ilyes 1996 | |
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