Where: Nevada (38.9° N, 117.6° W: paleocoordinates 15.7° N, 53.8° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
When: Carbonate Member (Luning Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, calcareous carbonate
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite, replaced with calcite
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
Primary reference: L. S. Tackett and D. J. Bottjer. 2016. Paleoecological succession of Norian (Late Triassic) benthic fauna in eastern Panthalassa (Luning and Gabbs Formations, west-central Nevada). Palaios 31(4):190-202 [M. Uhen/A. Clement]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 210689: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Annaka Clement on 15.06.2020
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| unclassified | |
| Echinoidea | |
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
| Crinoidea | |
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Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop | |
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cf. Newaagia sp. Hertlein 1952 scallop | |
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cf. Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam | |
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Cassianella sp. Beyrich 1862 oyster | |
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Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
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Palaeocardita sp. Conrad 1867 clam | |
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Palaeoneilo sp. Hall and Whitfield 1869 clam | |
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cf. Trigonucula sp. Ichikawa 1949 nut clam
cf. Palaeonucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam | |
| Brachiopoda | |
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Brachiopoda indet. lamp shell | |
| Rhynchonellata | |