Crest of the first ridge southeast of the Jackson Mine, near Eureka ( of the United States)

Where: Eureka County, Nevada (39.5° N, 116.0° W: paleocoordinates 4.7° S, 84.3° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Goodwin Formation, Ibexian (487.5 - 470.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal ramp; lithified limestone

• carbonate ramp, above storm wave base
• thin-bedded; slabby; finely -Xstalline

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collected by J. Ross, Jr.

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: E. O. Ulrich and G. A. Cooper. 1938. Ozarkian and Canadian Brachiopoda. Geological Society of America Special Paper 13(8):1-323 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 222067: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 07.09.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Tetralobulidae
 Orthida - Eoorthidae
Apheoorthis melita Hall and Whitfield 1877
 Orthida - Plectorthidae