Protathyris Community of the Laketown Dolomite, Lincoln County, Nevada (Silurian of the United States)

Where: Nevada (37.4° N, 115.3° W: paleocoordinates 11.7° S, 69.8° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Laketown Dolomite Formation, Wenlock (433.4 - 427.4 Ma)

• Laketown Dolomite spans Llandovery to Wenlock. Community is said to span Wenlock to Ludlow.

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; dolomite

• "Geographic and stratigraphic relations with associated communities indicate BA 2. Conditions of articulation suggest quiet water.

•SEP environmental call based on given info. and knowledge of regional strat.

• In general description of this community, matrix said to be micritic.

Reposited in the USNM

• Abundances stated in text.

Primary reference: A. J. Boucot. 1999. Some Wenlockian-Geddinian, chiefly brachiopod dominated communities of North America. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 549-591 [M. Foote/M. Foote/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24889: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 22.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
"Camarotoechia pahranagatensis" = Ancillotoechia pahranagatensis
"Camarotoechia pahranagatensis" = Ancillotoechia pahranagatensis Waite 1956
genus name in quotes
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
? Meristina sp. Hall 1867