Where: Inyo County, California (35.8° N, 116.1° W: paleocoordinates 41.9° S, 125.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: lower Member (Wood Canyon Formation), Ediacaran (635.0 - 541.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: delta front; lithified siltstone and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Reposited in the LACM
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: J. W. Hagadorn and B. M. Waggoner. 2000. Ediacaran Fossils from the Southwestern Great Basin, United States. Journal of Paleontology 74(2):349-359 [M. Patzkowsky/K. Straub/O. Alfaro]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 7181: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Kyle Straub on 10.05.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cloudina | |
cf. Cloudina sp. Germs 1972 |