Where: Churchill County, Nevada (39.3° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 27.1° N, 54.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Kanense ammonoid zone, Mina Peak Member (Sunrise Formation), Early/Lower Toarcian (183.0 - 182.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, sandy limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: surface (in situ)
• University of Montana Paleontology Center (UMPC) collection
Primary reference: A. H. Caruthers, P. L. Smith, D. Gröcke, B. C. Gill, T. R. Them and J. P. Trabucho-Alexandre. 2018. Pliensbachian–Toarcian (Early Jurassic) Ammonoids from the Luning Embayment, West-Central Nevada, U.S.A. Bulletins of American Paleontology 393:1-84 [J. Pálfy/Z. Kostka]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 208064: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Dorina Juhász on 18.03.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Protogrammoceras (Protogrammoceras) paltum" = Protogrammoceras (Paltarpites) paltum
"Protogrammoceras (Protogrammoceras) paltum" = Protogrammoceras (Paltarpites) paltum Buckman 1922 ammonite |