Where: Inyo County, California (37.3° N, 118.2° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° S, 99.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Lower Member (Poleta Formation), Montezuman to Montezuman (520.0 - 511.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; brown limestone and green shale
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J. H. Peck, Waite, and Tischler in 1951; reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: V. J. Okulitch. 1954. Archaeocyatha from the Lower Cambrian of Inyo County, California. Journal of Paleontology 28(3):293-296 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 217095: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 23.01.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Archaeocyatha | |
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Ethmophyllum whitneyi Meek 1868 archaeocyath sponge | |
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Protopharetra sp. Bornemann 1884 archaeocyath sponge | |
Archaeocyathus atlanticus, Archaeocyathus (Spirocyathus) yavorskii, Pycnoidocyathus (Cambrocyathus) sp.
Archaeocyathus atlanticus Billings 1861 archaeocyath sponge
Archaeocyathus (Spirocyathus) yavorskii Vologdin 1931 archaeocyath sponge
Pycnoidocyathus (Cambrocyathus) sp. Okulitch 1937 archaeocyath sponge | |