Where: Nevada (36.4° N, 116.1° W: paleocoordinates 42.2° S, 124.9° W)

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: lower Member (Wood Canyon Formation), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)

• Ediacaran macrofossils occur in lower half of the lower member of the Wood Canyon Fm, below the first occurrence in section of Treptichnus pedum.

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shoreface; sandstone and dolomite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: E. F. Smith, L. L. Nelson, S. M. Tweedt, H. Zeng, and J. B. Workman. 2017. A cosmopolitan late Ediacaran biotic assemblage: New fossils from Nevada and Namibia support a global biostratigraphic link. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284(20170934):1-10 [D. Muscente/D. Muscente]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 231412: authorized by Daniel Segessenman, entered by Daniel Segessenman on 18.08.2023, edited by Pete Wagner

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