Where: Nevada (40.0° N, 115.4° W: paleocoordinates 12.9° N, 36.5° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Pequop Formation, Artinskian (290.1 - 279.3 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with calcite, replaced with silica
Collected by Harold Bissell
Collection methods: chemical, mechanical,
Primary reference: T. V. Mayou. 1969. A new species of Permian ophiuroid from Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 43:936-940 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 97421: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 26.07.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea | |
Archaeophiomusium burrisi Miller 1958 brittle star
Archaeophiomusium bispinosum n. sp. Mayou 1969 brittle star |