Also known as Loc. 39 of Merriam 1963
Where: Inyo County, California (36.4° N, 117.7° W: paleocoordinates 6.8° S, 78.8° W)
When: Ely Springs Formation, Late/Upper Ordovician (458.4 - 443.8 Ma)
Environment/lithology: gray dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite, replaced with silica
Primary reference: W. E. Hall and E. M. MacKevett, Jr. 1962. Geology and ore deposits of the Darwin quadrangle, Inyo County, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 368:1-87 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 226247: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 28.06.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Streptelasmatina indet. Wedekind 1927 horn coral "Several solitary streptelasmid types both large and small"
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Columnaria cf. alveolata Goldfuss 1826 horn coral | |
"Halysites (Catenipora) sp." = Catenipora
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| Strophomenata | |
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? Opikina "n. sp." Salmon 1942
Strophomena "n. sp." Rafinesque and De Blainville 1824 | |
"Thaerodonta sp." = Eochonetes
"Thaerodonta sp." = Eochonetes Reed 1917 | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Zygospira "n. sp." Hall 1862 | |
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Platystrophia sp. King 1850 | |
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Glyptorthis cf. insculpta Hall 1847 | |
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Plaesiomys sp. Hall and Clarke 1892 | |
"Onniella cf. quadrata" = Paucicrura quadrata
"Onniella cf. quadrata" = Paucicrura quadrata Wang 1949 | |
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