Coal Canyon, Simpson Park Range, SP VII UCR 8772 (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as SP VII of Berry & Murphy (1975)

Where: Nevada (40.0° N, 116.6° W: paleocoordinates 22.9° S, 58.1° W)

When: delta conodont zone, Windmill Limestone Formation, Early/Lower Devonian (419.2 - 393.3 Ma)

• interbedded with basinal graptolitic shales of the Monograptus praehercynicus and M. hercynicus Zones

•Table 1: Graptolite Zone praehercynicus

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• beds interpreted as turbidites, or otherwise transported sediments, which are interbedded with basinal graptolitic shales

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: S. Turner and M.A. Murphy. 1988. Early Devonian vertebrate microfossils from the Simpson Park Range, Eureka County, Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 62(6):959-964 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss/B. Seuss]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 216485: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 15.12.2020

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Acanthodians indet., Placoderms indet.
Acanthodians indet.
scales and spines
Placoderms indet.
buchanosteid-type scales and other types
Osteichthyes
 Onychodontiformes - Onychodontidae
? Onychodus sp.
? Onychodus sp. Newberry 1857 lobe-finned fish
Onychodus-type tooth