Arrow Canyon Range, Stringocephalus biostrome (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Reef 3870

Where: Clark County, Nevada (36.7° N, 114.9° W: paleocoordinates 25.2° S, 56.5° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Piute Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• uppermost part of the formation

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified dolomite and lithified, dolomitic limestone

• Stringocephalus-Thamnopora biostrome, 4-10 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: S. H. Frost and R. L. Langenheim, Jr. 1966. Paleontology of the Stringocephalus biostrome, Piute Formation (Middle Devonian), Arrow Canyon Range, Clark County, Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 40(4):911-930 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 83979: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.09.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Atrypidae
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Ladjia cordillera n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1966
 Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
 Terebratulida - Stringocephalidae
"? Rensselandia sp." = Newberria, Rensselandia cloudi n. sp., Stringocephalus nevadensis n. sp.
"? Rensselandia sp." = Newberria
Rensselandia cloudi n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1966
Stringocephalus nevadensis n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1966
Stromatoporoidea
 Actinostromatida - Actinostromatidae
Actinostroma sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge
 Stromatoporellida - Idiostromatidae
Idiostroma sp. Winchell 1867 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Favositida - Pachyporidae
Thamnopora limitaris tabulate coral
 Rugosa - Charactophyllidae
Temnophyllum waltheri n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1966 horn coral