Where: Elko County, Nevada (40.3° N, 115.2° W: paleocoordinates 14.4° N, 37.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Gerster Formation (Park City Group), Wuchiapingian (259.9 - 254.2 Ma)

• 25 feet above base of Gerster Formation.

•Gerster Formation is correlated with the upper Phosphoria Formation (Rex Chert, Retort, Tosi) and other upper units in the Park City Group (Franson, Ervay). Those units are now Lopingian in age, following a latest Capitanian U/Pb age of 260.57 Ma in the upper Meade Peak Member. The upper age of the Gerster is unclear, and it may span much of the Lopingian, although the top is unconformable (overlying units are Smithian) so some or all of the Changhsingian may be missing. For now, all collections are assigned a Wuchiapingian age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shelly/skeletal, cherty/siliceous packstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collection methods: bulk, chemical,

Primary reference: B. R. Wardlaw. 1977. The biostratigraphy and paleoecology of the Gerster Limestone (Upper Permian) in Nevada and Utah. U.S.G.S. Open File Report 77(470):1-125 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 39766: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.06.2004

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