Where: Nevada (39.9° N, 117.5° W: paleocoordinates 10.3° N, 41.6° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Favret Formation, Illyrian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J.P. Smith; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: J. P. Smith. 1914. The Middle Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 83:1-254 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 33270: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 24.07.2003, edited by Matthew Clapham
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Taxonomic list
| Cephalopoda | |
"Paraceratites clarkei" = Silberlingitoides clarkei, "Ceratites (Paraceratites) cricki" = Silberlingitoides cricki, "Ceratites (Paraceratites) newberryi n. sp." = Silberlingitoides cricki, "Ceratites" weaveri n. sp., "Ceratites (Gymnotoceras) blakei" = Gymnotoceras blakei, "Ceratites (Gymnotoceras) russelli" = Parafrechites meeki, "Ceratites (Hollandites) organi" = Frechites occidentalis
"Paraceratites clarkei" = Silberlingitoides clarkei Smith 1914 ceratite Smith's (1914) specimens of Ceratites (Paraceratites) newberryi in pl 40, figs 6-11
"Ceratites (Paraceratites) cricki" = Silberlingitoides cricki Smith 1914 ceratite
"Ceratites (Paraceratites) newberryi n. sp." = Silberlingitoides cricki Smith 1914 ceratite
"Ceratites" weaveri n. sp. Smith 1914 ceratite
"Ceratites (Gymnotoceras) blakei" = Gymnotoceras blakei Gabb 1864 ceratite
"Ceratites (Gymnotoceras) russelli" = Parafrechites meeki Mojsisovics 1888 ceratite
"Ceratites (Hollandites) organi" = Frechites occidentalis Smith 1914 ceratite | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Rhynchopterus obesus Gabb 1864 pearl oyster | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
"Rhynchonella alteplecta" = Caucasorhynchia altaplecta
"Rhynchonella alteplecta" = Caucasorhynchia altaplecta Bockh 1872 | |