Coils Creek L.S. (Devonian), Section V, Sample 25, N. Antelope Range, Nevada (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Eureka County, Nevada (39.2° N, 116.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 22.3° S, 77.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: costatus zone, Coils Creek Limestone Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• Johnson et. al. (1996) list this bed as "Section Prefix VG, Sample number 25, Nearest Foot: 47, Meters in Section: 14.4" It is assumed that the nearest foot and meter measurements are referenced from the base of their Section V, as shown in Figures 2 and 3.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified, graded packstone and grainstone

• graded to laminated, coarse crinoidal packstone/grainstone (upper-middle slope turbidites)

Primary reference: J. G. Johnson, G. Klapper, and M. Elrick. 1996. Devonian Transgressive-Regressive Cycles and Biostratigraphy, Northern Antelope Range, Nevada: Establishment of Reference Horizons for Global Cycles. Palaios 11(1):3-14 [A. Miller/D. Carlson/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 2775: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Donna Carlson on 19.07.1999

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

• Brachiopod, coral and conodont taxa, only.
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet. horn coral
Conodonta
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus sp. Ethington 1959 conodont
 Belodellida - Belodellidae
Belodella sp. Ethington 1959 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Spathognathodontidae
Tortodus sp. Weddige 1977 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Pandorinellina expansa conodont
Uyeno & Mason
Polygnathus sp. Hinde 1879 conodont
"cf"; 2 of J.O. Brown
Polygnathus serotinus conodont
Telford
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae