Where: Inyo County, California (36.7° N, 118.0° W: paleocoordinates 7.6° N, 44.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Union Wash Formation, Smithian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• In geologic horizon the beds at this locality are equivalent to the upper part of the Pseudosageceras multilobatum subzone and the overlying Owenites subzone of southeastern Idaho, the two not being separated lithologically at this place.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope; lithified, gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collected by J.P. Smith; reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 33298: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Catherine Powers on 24.07.2003, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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"Pseudosageceras intermontanum" = Pseudosageceras multilobatum Noetling 1905 ceratite | |
Aspenites acutus n. gen.
Aspenites acutus n. gen. Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite | |
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"Meekoceras strongi" = Anaflemingites strongi3
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"Meekoceras arthaberi" = Abrekites arthaberi3
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"Meekoceras radiosum" = Radioceras evolvens3
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Lanceolites compactus n. gen. Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite | |
Owenites carpenteri3, Owenites zitteli3, Owenites koeneni n. sp.3, Owenites koeneni1, "Prosphingites austini n. sp." = Prosphingitoides austini
"Prosphingites austini n. sp." = Prosphingitoides austini Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite | |
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"Ussuria compressa n. sp." = Parussuria compressa Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite | |
"Nannites dieneri n. sp." = Juvenites dieneri
"Nannites dieneri n. sp." = Juvenites dieneri Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite | |
"? Meekoceras (Prionolobus) jacksoni" = Jeanbesseiceras jacksoni
"? Meekoceras (Prionolobus) jacksoni" = Jeanbesseiceras jacksoni Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite | |
"Xenodiscus toulai" = Preflorianites toulai3, "Proteusites rotundus" = Preflorianites toulai3, "Danubites strongi n. sp." = Preflorianites strongi
"Danubites strongi n. sp." = Preflorianites strongi Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite | |
"Meekoceras gracilitatis" = Meekoceras gracilitatis, "Clypeoceras pusillum" = Meekoceras gracilitatis3, Anasibirites lindgreni3, "Anasibirites desertorum" = Anasibirites multiformis3, "Sibirites noetlingi n. sp." = Anasibirites kingianus
"Meekoceras gracilitatis" = Meekoceras gracilitatis White 1879 ceratite
"Sibirites noetlingi n. sp." = Anasibirites kingianus Waagen 1895 ceratite | |
"Lecanites knechti n. sp." = Dieneroceras dieneri, "Xenaspis marcoui n. sp." = Dieneroceras marcoui, Dieneroceras spathi2, "Ophiceras subquadratum" = Dieneroceras subquadratum3, "Ophiceras parvum" = Dieneroceras subquadratum3, "Meekoceras (Gyronites) aplanatum" = Wyomingites aplanatus
"Lecanites knechti n. sp." = Dieneroceras dieneri Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
"Xenaspis marcoui n. sp." = Dieneroceras marcoui Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite
"Meekoceras (Gyronites) aplanatum" = Wyomingites aplanatus White 1879 ceratite | |
"Meekoceras (Koninckites) mushbachanum" = Submeekoceras mushbachanum, "Proptychites walcotti n. sp." = Discoproptychites walcotti, "Meekoceras tuberculatum" = Arctoceras tuberculatum3, "Meekoceras newberryi" = Arctoceras newberryi3
"Meekoceras (Koninckites) mushbachanum" = Submeekoceras mushbachanum White 1879 ceratite
"Proptychites walcotti n. sp." = Discoproptychites walcotti Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite | |
Inyoites oweni n. gen. n. sp.
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"Aspidites hooveri n. sp." = Guodunites hooveri, Meekoceras (Prionolobus) waageni n. sp.
"Aspidites hooveri n. sp." = Guodunites hooveri Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite | |