Where: Nevada (40.0° N, 114.9° W: paleocoordinates 4.4° S, 86.6° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bullwhacker Member (Windfall Formation), Sunwaptan (493.5 - 487.5 Ma)
• two-meter interval of the upper Bullwhacker Member
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, sandy grainstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: cast, replaced with silica
Reposited in the SUI
Collection methods: bulk, chemical,
Primary reference: J. M. Adrain and S. R. Westrop. 2004. A Late Cambrian (Sunwaptan) Silicified Trilobite Fauna from Nevada. Bulletins of American Paleontology 365:5-55more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 235995: authorized by Melanie Hopkins, entered by Melanie Hopkins on 04.09.2024
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Corbinia implumis, Eurekia rintintini n. sp.
Corbinia implumis Winston and Nicholls 1967 trilobite
Eurekia rintintini n. sp. Adrain and Westrop 2004 trilobite | |
Dikelocephalus minnesotensis Owen 1852 trilobite
Prosaukia oldyelleri n. sp. Adrain and Westrop 2004 trilobite | |
Euptychaspis dougali n. sp. Adrain and Westrop 2004 trilobite
Idiomesus levisensis Rasetti 1944 trilobite
Sunwaptia plutoi n. sp. Adrain and Westrop 2004 trilobite | |
Triarthropsis sp. Ulrich 1931 trilobite
Triarthropsis limbata Rasetti 1959 trilobite | |
Glaberaspis scoobydooi n. sp., Cherrycreekia benjii n. sp.
Glaberaspis scoobydooi n. sp. Adrain and Westrop 2004 trilobite
Cherrycreekia benjii n. sp. Adrain and Westrop 2004 trilobite | |
Illaenurus montanensis Kobayashi 1935 trilobite | |
Notchpeakia cherrycreekensis n. sp.
Notchpeakia cherrycreekensis n. sp. Adrain and Westrop 2006 trilobite | |
Bowmania lassieae n. sp.
Bowmania lassieae n. sp. Adrain and Westrop 2004 trilobite |