Skenidioides fauna, unnamed formation (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Nevada (38.9° N, 117.9° W: paleocoordinates 22.6° S, 59.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• basin-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Emsian (409.1 - 402.5 Ma)

• "l. Emsian. unnamed [formation]"

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• "limestone (silicified fossils). a quiet-water, possibly deep water environment. BA5. Roberts Mtns Thrust"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Primary reference: J. G. Johnson. 1986. Revision of L. Dev (Emsian) brachiopod biostrat and biogeography, central NV. Journal of Paleontology 60:825-844 [M. Uhen/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 648: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 06.04.1999

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "J.G. Johnson, 1986. Revision of L. Dev (Emsian) brachiopod biostrat and biogeography, central NV. J. Paleo 60:825-844"
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unclassified
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Cystimorphidae indet., Leptostrophidae indet.
Cystimorphidae indet.
cystimorph - originally entered as "? Rugosa indet."
Leptostrophidae indet.
leptostrophiid
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
 Streptoneura -
Archaeogastropoda indet.
Archaeogastropoda indet. Thiele 1925 snail
indet. gastropods
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea sp.
Orbiculoidea sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Carinagypa sp.
Carinagypa sp. Johnson and Ludvigsen 1973
 Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
? Leptocoelina sp.
? Leptocoelina sp. Johnson 1970
originally entered as "? Leptocoelina sp."
 Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Ancillotoechia sp.
Ancillotoechia sp. Havlicek 1959
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonellidae indet.
Rhynchonellidae indet. Gray 1848
rhynchotrematid - originally entered as "Rhynchonellida indet."
 Spiriferida -
Spiriferida indet.
Spiriferida indet. Waagen 1883
reticulariid
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
? Howellella sp.
? Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
originally entered as "? Howellella sp."
 Spiriferida - Xenomartiniidae
Bojothyris sp.
Bojothyris sp. Havlicek 1959
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Metaplasia sp.
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp.
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
 Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira sp.
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
? Meristina sp.
? Meristina sp. Hall 1867
originally entered as "? Meristina sp."
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira sp.
Coelospira sp. Hall 1863
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina sp.
Dalejina sp. Havlicek 1953
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Levenea sp.
Levenea sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
 Protorthida - Skenidiidae
Skenidioides sp.
Skenidioides sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Leptaenoideidae
Leptaenisca sp.
Leptaenisca sp. Beecher 1890
 Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Chonetidae indet.
Chonetidae indet. Bronn 1862
chonetid
 Strophomenida - Stropheodontidae
Stropheodontidae indet.
Stropheodontidae indet. Caster 1939
stropheodontid
 Orthotetida - Areostrophiidae
Eoschuchertella sp.
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
indet. bryozoans
Trilobita
 Proetida - Otarionidae
Otarion sp.
Otarion sp. Zenker 1833 trilobite
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Koneprusia sp., Leonaspis sp.
Koneprusia sp. Prantl and Pribyl 1949 trilobite
Leonaspis sp. Richter and Richter 1917 trilobite
2 species
 Lichida - Lichidae
Acanthopyge sp.
Acanthopyge sp. Hawle and Corda 1847 trilobite
(Nitidulopyga)
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops sp.
Phacops sp. Emmrich 1839 trilobite
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
Rugosa indet., Radiastrea sp.
Rugosa indet. horn coral
indet. rugosans
Radiastrea sp. horn coral
originally entered as "Radiastraea sp."
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Syringaxon sp.
Syringaxon sp. Lindström 1882 horn coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Streptelasmatidae indet.
Streptelasmatidae indet. Nicholson 1889 horn coral
streptelasmatid - originally entered as "? Rugosa indet."
 Favositida - Favositidae
Squameofavosites sp., Emmonsia sp., Favosites sp.
Squameofavosites sp. Chernyshev 1941 tabulate coral
Emmonsia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 tabulate coral
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
 Auloporida - Auloporidae
Aulopora sp.
Aulopora sp. Goldfuss 1829 tabulate coral