Also known as Helicoplacoid locality (Dornbos and Bottjer 2000), Helicoplacus locality (Waggoner and Hagadorn 2005)

Where: Inyo County, California (37.3° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 0.1° N, 97.5° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Poleta Formation, Dyeran (515.3 - 511.2 Ma)

• Upper Poleta Formation

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: surface (in situ)

Primary reference: B. Waggoner and J. W. Hagadorn. 2005. Conical fossils from the Lower Cambrian of Eastern California. Paleobios 25(1):1-10 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 229158: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 17.02.2023

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