Coils Creek Member 1996-41 (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as USGS locality M27

Where: Eureka County, Nevada (39.4° N, 116.1° W: paleocoordinates 26.7° S, 55.2° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Polygnathus serotinus conodont zone, Bartine Member, Late/Upper Emsian (402.5 - 391.9 Ma)

• CP section

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• break-out calcareous material

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 1996; reposited in the UNSM

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: A. E. H. Pedder and M. A. Murphy. 2004. Emsian (Lower Devonian) Rugosa of Nevada: revision of systematics and stratigraphic ranges, and reassessment of faunal provincialism. Journal of Paleontology 78(5):838-865 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 90939: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.08.2009, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

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Conodonta
 Prioniodontida - Icriodontidae
Icriodus trojani, Icriodus latericrescens
Icriodus latericrescens Branson and Mehl 1938 conodont
 Belodellida - Belodellidae
Belodella sp.
Belodella sp. Ethington 1959 conodont
 Panderodontida - Panderodontidae
Panderodus sp.
Panderodus sp. Ethington 1959 conodont
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythynidae
Elythyna sp.
Elythyna sp. Rzhonsnitskaya
Anthozoa
 Rugosa -
"Bethanyphyllum antelopensis n. sp." = Stummelasma antelopense
"Bethanyphyllum antelopensis n. sp." = Stummelasma antelopense Merriam 1974 horn coral
 Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
Breviphrentis magna, Siphonophrentis (Breviphrentis) invaginatus
 Favositida - Alveolitidae
Alveolites sp.
Alveolites sp. Lamarck 1801 tabulate coral