USGS loc. 5741, Bird Spring Range (Carboniferous of the United States)

Also known as Locality 10 of Hewett 1956

Where: Clark County, Nevada (35.9° N, 115.2° W: paleocoordinates 2.3° N, 44.9° 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 229431: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 10.03.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida - Productellidae
"Marginifera splendens" = Productus splendens
"Marginifera splendens" = Productus splendens Norwood and Pratten 1855
 Productida - Echinoconchidae
Pustula aff. pustulosa Phillips 1836
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
Spiriferina sp. d'Orbigny 1847
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus
"Spirifer cameratus" = Neospirifer cameratus Morton 1836
Bivalvia
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia sp. de Koninck 1841 clam
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
? Parallelodon sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 clam
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Euomphalus sp. Sowerby 1814 snail