Where: Inyo County, California (36.7° N, 117.4° W: paleocoordinates 9.0° S, 54.4° W)
When: Tin Mountain Formation, Early/Lower Mississippian (358.9 - 346.7 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lithified, massive, gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Collection methods: bulk
Primary reference: R. L. Langenheim, Jr. and H. Tischler. 1960. Mississippian and Devonian paleontology and stratigraphy, Quartz Spring area Inyo County, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 38(2):89-152 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 226745: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 25.07.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Anthozoa | |
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Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral | |
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Rotiphyllum cf. occidentale Easton et al. 1958 horn coral | |
"Lithostrotion cf. whitneyi" = Heintzella whitneyi
"Lithostrotion cf. whitneyi" = Heintzella whitneyi White 1875 horn coral | |
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Ekvasophyllum eastoni Langenheim and Tischler 1960 horn coral | |
| Gastropoda | |
"Straparollus (Euomphalus) sp." = Euomphalus
"Straparollus (Euomphalus) sp." = Euomphalus Sowerby 1814 snail | |
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Platyceras (Platystoma) sp. Conrad 1840 snail | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Choristites cf. glennfoxi Crickmay 1952 | |
| Deuteropoda | |
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| Crinoidea | |
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Hypselocrinus cf. pleias Hall 1863 Sea lily | |