Coils Creek Member 2000-19 (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Coils Creek Member 2001-3; West of Romano Ranch

Where: Eureka County, Nevada (39.9° N, 116.1° W: paleocoordinates 26.4° S, 54.7° W)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• ROM IV section

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

• break-out calcareous material

Size class: macrofossils

Collected in 2000, 2001; 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 90951: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.08.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Cystiphyllidae
"Nardophyllum "sp. A"" = Lythophyllum
"Nardophyllum "sp. A"" = Lythophyllum Wedekind 1925 horn coral
 Rugosa -
Stummelasma antelopense Merriam 1974 horn coral