Where: Nye County, Nevada (39.1° N, 116.7° W: paleocoordinates 5.7° S, 80.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Paralenorthis - Orthidiella brachiopod zone, Nileus Beds Member (Antelope Valley Formation), Whiterockian (470.0 - 457.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the USNM
• RHF = collection of Rousseau H. Flower, transferred to the Smithsonian Institution/U.S. National Museum (see Wolberg, 1990, J. Paleont. 64(3, 5, 6))
Primary reference: R. H. Flower. 1968. Some additional Whiterock Cephalopoda. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources. Memoir 19:17-55 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 233163: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 16.01.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Leonardoceras parvum n. gen. n. sp.
Leonardoceras parvum n. gen. n. sp. Flower 1968 | |
"Bactroceras wilsoni" = Bactroceras angustisiphonatum
"Bactroceras wilsoni" = Bactroceras angustisiphonatum RĂ¼diger 1891 |