Where: White Pine County, Nevada (39.6° N, 115.3° W: paleocoordinates 14.3° N, 36.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Loray Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, silty limestone and lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Primary reference: T. V. Mayou. 1967. Paleontology of the Permian Loray Formation in White Pine County, Nevada. Brigham Young University Research Studies, Geology Series 14:101-122 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38745: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.05.2004, edited by Pete Wagner
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea | |
Archaeophiomusium burrisi Miller 1958 brittle star | |
Strophomenata | |
Costellarina kaasai2 Yancey 1978 | |
Scaphopoda | |
"Plagioglypta canna" = Prodentalium canna
"Plagioglypta canna" = Prodentalium canna White 1874 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
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"Euphemites crenulates" = Euphemites crenulatus
"Euphemites crenulates" = Euphemites crenulatus Yochelson 1960 snail | |
Amphiscapha proxima Yochelson 1956 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Nuculana obesa" = Polidevcia obesa
"Nuculana obesa" = Polidevcia obesa White 1879 clam | |
"Palaeonucula levatiformis" = Nuculavus levatiformis
"Palaeonucula levatiformis" = Nuculavus levatiformis Walcott 1884 nut clam | |
Manzanella sp. Girty 1909 clam | |
"Aviculopinna sagitta" = Meekopinna sagitta
"Aviculopinna sagitta" = Meekopinna sagitta Chronic 1952 oyster |