41437, Hidden Valley Sect., Comet Shale Mb., NV - Sundberg and McCollum 2000 (Cambrian of the United States)

Where: Lincoln County, Nevada (37.6° N, 114.8° W: paleocoordinates 3.0° S, 93.4° W)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Eokochaspis nodosa zone, Comet Shale Member (Pioche Shale Formation), Solvan (510.2 - 504.5 Ma)

• 0.7 to 1m above base of section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified shale

• shale

Collection methods: Only trilobites are included in the collection

Primary reference: F. A. Sundberg and L. B. McCollum. 2000. Ptychoparid trilobites of the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary interval, Pioche Shale, southeastern Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 74(4):604-630 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9247: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 10.10.2000

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Taxonomic list

• Taxonomic list does not include inarticulate brachiopods, hyolithids, spicules of Protospongia, and lightly scleritized forms such as Anomalocaris, Canadaspis, and Tuzoia which may be present in the biozone but not necessarily collected.
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Trilobita
 Ptychopariida -
Eokochaspis piochensis
Eokochaspis piochensis Palmer and Halley 1979 trilobite