UNSM loc. 178a, south end of Deep Spring Valley, White-Inyo Mountains (Cambrian of the United States)
Where: Inyo County, California (37.3° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 0.1° N, 97.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Poleta Formation, Dyeran (515.3 - 511.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: shale and limestone
• "Shales and interbedded lime- stones between massive limestone containing Archxocyathus"
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by C. D. Walcott and F. B. Weeks in 1896; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: C. D. Walcott. 1912. Cambrian Brachiopoda. United States Geological Survey Monograph 51(1-2) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 226618: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 17.07.2022
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Taxonomic list
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| Rhynchonellata | |
"Billingsella ? highlandensis" = Wimanella highlandensis
"Billingsella ? highlandensis" = Wimanella highlandensis Walcott 1886 | |
| Obolellata | |
"Trematobolus excelsis" = Obolella excelsis
"Trematobolus excelsis" = Obolella excelsis Walcott 1908 | |
| Trilobita | |
"Wanneria gracile" = Nevadia gracile
"Wanneria gracile" = Nevadia gracile Walcott 1910 trilobite | |
"Olenellus fremonti" = Mesonacis fremonti
"Olenellus fremonti" = Mesonacis fremonti Walcott 1910 trilobite | |