Where: Inyo County, California (36.4° N, 117.4° W: paleocoordinates 7.4° S, 76.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Ely Springs Formation, Cincinnatian to Cincinnatian (451.0 - 433.4 Ma)
• Miller (1976) says Cincinnatian through Llandovery.
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, black dolomite
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Primary reference: W. E. Hall. 1971. Geology of the Panamint Butte Quadrangle, Inyo County, California. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1299:1-67 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 226425: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 07.07.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Lepidocyclus sp. Wang 1949 | |
Cephalopoda | |
Armenoceras sp. Foerste 1924 |