Also known as USGS D 2052 CO
Where: Nye County, Nevada (36.9° N, 116.7° W: paleocoordinates 6.4° S, 82.4° W)
• 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, 290-310 ft above the base of the mud-mound, 358-378 ft above base of the formation, Orthidiella Zone, Early Whiterockian
• group of beds-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 80073: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.04.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Conodonta | |
Conodonta indet. conodont | |
? Blastoidocrinus nevadensis, "? Blastoidocrinus elongatus" = Parabolablastus elongatus
? Blastoidocrinus nevadensis Sprinkle 1973
"? Blastoidocrinus elongatus" = Parabolablastus elongatus Sprinkle 1973 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Phragmorthis antiqua n. sp.
Phragmorthis antiqua n. sp. Ross 1972 | |
Anomalorthis cf. fascicostellatus Ross 1970 | |
Orthidiella sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936 | |
Orthambonites sp. Pander 1830 | |
Cuparius sp. Ross 1971 | |
Strophomenata | |
Leptellina sp. Ulrich and Cooper 1936 | |
Ostracoda | |
? Leperditella sp. ostracod | |
Eurychilina sp. Ulrich 1889 ostracod | |
Eoleperditia aff. bivia ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
Remopleurides sp. Portlock 1843 trilobite | |
Nileus sp. Dalman 1827 trilobite | |
Illaenus auriculatus Ross and Barnes 1967 trilobite | |
Protocalymene sp. Ross and Barnes 1967 trilobite | |
Kawina sp. Barton 1916 trilobite | |
Ectenonotus cf. whittingtoni Ross and Barnes 1967 trilobite
Pseudomera sp. Holliday 1942 trilobite | |
? Raymondites sp. Sinclair 1944 trilobite |