USGS loc. 5442, Bird Spring Range (Carboniferous of the United States)
Also known as Locality 6 of Hewett 1956
Where: Clark County, Nevada (35.9° N, 115.4° W: paleocoordinates 2.3° N, 45.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Bird Spring Formation, Early/Lower Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore; carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: D. F. Hewett. 1956. Geology and mineral resources of the Ivanpah quadrangle, California and Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 275:1-172 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 229428: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 10.03.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Myalina aff. swallovi" = Promytilus swallovi
"Myalina aff. swallovi" = Promytilus swallovi McChesney 1860 mussel misspelled as "Myalina aff. swallowi"
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| Gastropoda | |
"Bulimorpha aff. chrysalis" = Soleniscus regularis
"Bulimorpha aff. chrysalis" = Soleniscus regularis Cox 1857 snail | |
| Cephalopoda | |
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Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832 | |
| Lingulata | |
"Lingulodiscina aff. missouriensis" = Orbiculoidea missouriensis
"Lingulodiscina aff. missouriensis" = Orbiculoidea missouriensis Shumard 1858 misspelled as "Lingulidiscina"
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| Rhynchonellata | |
"Spiriferina aff. spinosa" = Reticulariina spinosa
"Spiriferina aff. spinosa" = Reticulariina spinosa Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
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Dielasma sp. King 1856 | |
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Hustedia aff. mormoni Marcou 1858 | |
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Composita subquadrata Hall 1858 | |
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Spirifer aff. increbescens Hall 1858 | |
| Strophomenata | |
| Stenolaemata | |
| Trilobita | |
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Griffithides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite | |