Where: Nevada (39.6° N, 115.1° W: paleocoordinates 6.7° S, 79.4° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Shingle Limestone Formation, Whiterockian (470.0 - 457.3 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
Primary reference: R. A. Fortey and M.L. Droser. 1996. Trilobites at the base of the Middle Ordovician, western United States. Journal of Paleontology 70(1):73-99 [S. Holland/S. Holland/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 37481: authorized by Steven Holland, entered by Steven Holland on 15.03.2004, edited by Melanie Hopkins
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Trilobita | |
Ischyrotoma juabensis Adrain et al. 2001 trilobite | |
Psephosthenaspis glabrior Fortey and Droser 1996 trilobite
Petigurus inexpectatus Fortey and Droser 1996 trilobite | |
Illaenus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite | |
Ectenonotus whittingtoni Ross and Barnes 1967 trilobite |