Where: Nevada (39.6° N, 117.5° W: paleocoordinates 8.6° N, 43.4° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Augusta Formation (Star Peak Group), Longobardian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)
• Sutherlandi zone or lower
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, medium-grained, gray limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: recrystallized, replaced with calcite
Collected by G.D. Stanley
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
• Repository: University of Montana Invertebrate Paleontology, University of Montana Paleontology Center
Primary reference: E. Roniewicz and G. D. Stanley. 1998. Middle Triassic cnidarians from the New Pass Range, central Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 72(2):246-256 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 42552: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 02.08.2004, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Hydrozoa | |
Cassianastraea reussi Laube 1865 | |
Anthozoa | |
Ceriostella variabilis Roniewicz and Stanley 1998 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Atrina sinuta n. sp.
Atrina sinuta n. sp. oyster | |
? Liostrea jungi n. sp.
? Liostrea jungi n. sp. oyster | |
Nevadapecten lynnae n. gen. n. sp., Pleuronectites newelli n. sp., Loxochlamys corallina n. gen. n. sp.
Nevadapecten lynnae n. gen. n. sp. Waller and Stanley 2005 scallop
Pleuronectites newelli n. sp. Waller 2005 scallop
Loxochlamys corallina n. gen. n. sp. Waller and Stanley 2005 scallop | |
Oxytoma (Oxytoma) grantsvillensis n. sp. Waller 2005 scallop | |
Asoella "sp. a" Tokuyama 1959 scallop
Asoella "sp. b" Tokuyama 1959 scallop
Asoella "sp. c" Tokuyama 1959 scallop | |
"Pseudoplacunopsis aff. fissistriata" = Placunopsis fissistriata
"Pseudoplacunopsis aff. fissistriata" = Placunopsis fissistriata Winckler 1861 scallop | |
Antiquilima ladinica n. sp., Plagiostoma acutum n. sp.
Antiquilima ladinica n. sp. file clam
Plagiostoma acutum n. sp. file clam | |
Promysidiella planirecta n. sp. Waller and Stanley 2005 clam
Promysidiella desatoyensis n. sp. Waller and Stanley 2005 clam |