Also known as USGS D 1978 CO

Where: Nye County, Nevada (36.9° N, 116.7° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 14.2° N, 125.0° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Orthidiella brachiopod zone, Antelope Valley Formation (Pogonip Group), Whiterockian (470.0 - 457.3 Ma)

• Lower Antelope Valley Limestone, 222 ft above the base of the mud-mound, 290 ft above base of the formation, Orthidiella Zone, Early Whiterockian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USGS

Primary reference: R. J. Ross, Jr. 1972. Fossils from the Ordovician bioherm at Meiklejohn Peak, Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 685 [S. Finnegan/S. Finnegan/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 80069: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.04.2008

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