Also known as Reef 3462
Where: Esmeralda County, Nevada (37.3° N, 117.3° W: paleocoordinates 1.2° S, 95.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Bonnia-Olenellus trilobite zone, Harkless Formation, Dyeran (515.3 - 511.2 Ma)
• Bonnia-Olenellus Zone near top of Harkless Fm. AGE: Waucoban; refined by A. Hendy (6/2009) on the basis of biostratigraphic data (= Bonnia-Olenellus zone, which is Dyeran; PJW).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bindstone
•24% Renalcis
•4.5% coralomorphs
•36% lime mud
•12.6% cement
•10% quartz sand
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,
Primary reference: M. Hicks. 2006. A new genus of Early Cambrian coral in Esmeralda County, southwestern Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 80:609-615 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 63883: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 23.08.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Renalcis | |
Renalcis sp. Vologdin 1932 | |
Anthozoa | |
Harklessia yuenglingensis n. gen. n. sp.
Harklessia yuenglingensis n. gen. n. sp. Hicks 2006 | |
Archaeocyatha | |
Archaeosycon sp. archaeocyath sponge | |
Archaeocyathus sp. Billings 1861 archaeocyath sponge | |
Metaldetes sp. archaeocyath sponge |