Where: Clark County, Nevada (36.2° N, 115.0° W: paleocoordinates 2.8° S, 96.8° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Olenellus zone, Pioche Formation, Dyeran (515.3 - 511.2 Ma)
• Was Atdabanian-Lenian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone and shale
Size class: mesofossils
Primary reference: P. D. Pack and H. B. Gayle. 1971. A new Olenellid trilobite, Biceratops nevadensis, from the Lower Cambrian near Las Vegas, Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 45(5):893-898 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 8665: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 17.08.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Annelida indet. Lamarck 1809 | |
Paterinata | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
? Wimanella sp. Walcott 1908 | |
Hyolitha | |
Hyolithes sp. d'Eichwald 1840 | |
Trilobita | |
"Fremontia sp." = Mesonacis, Biceratops nevadensis n. gen. n. sp., ? Olenellus sp., "Paedeumias sp." = Olenellus (Paedeumias)
"Fremontia sp." = Mesonacis Walcott 1885 trilobite
Biceratops nevadensis n. gen. n. sp. Pack and Gayle 1971 trilobite
? Olenellus sp. Hall 1861 trilobite
"Paedeumias sp." = Olenellus (Paedeumias) Walcott 1910 trilobite |