Where: White Pine County, Nevada (39.5° N, 115.1° W: paleocoordinates 14.1° 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: shallow subtidal; sandy limestone and limestone
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 38826: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.05.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea | |
Archaeophiomusium burrisi Miller 1958 brittle star | |
Strophomenata | |
Costellarina kaasai Yancey 1978 |