Where: Inyo County, California (37.3° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 0.1° N, 97.6° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Bonnia - Olenellus trilobite zone, upper Member (Poleta Formation), Dyeran (515.3 - 511.2 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: The single specimen is poorly preserved, yet important due to the large size (45mm length, 65 mm width, and 22 mm height)

Primary reference: S. M. Rowland and S. J. Carlson. 1983. Westgardia gigantea, a new Lower Cambrian fossil from eastern California. Journal of Paleontology 57(6):1317-1320 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 9587: authorized by Mark Patzkowsky, entered by Phil Borkow on 22.03.2001

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