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
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
Conodonta | |
Polygnathus costatus patulus conodont | |
Icriodus latericrescens robustus conodont | |
Polygnathus costatus partitus conodont
Polygnathus costatus costatus conodont
Polygnathus linguiformis bultyncki conodont | |
Anthozoa | |
Rugosa indet. horn coral | |
Conodonta | |
Panderodus sp. Ethington 1959 conodont | |
Belodella sp. Ethington 1959 conodont | |
Tortodus sp. Weddige 1977 conodont | |
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Rhynchonellata | |