USGS M2829, Coyote Canyon, North Humboldt Range: Bithynian, Nevada
collected by N.J. Silberling 1965
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Longobarditidae
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Intornites nevadanus
(Hyatt and Smith 1905)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Danubitidae
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Unionvillites hadleyi
(Smith 1914)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Unionvillites asseretoi n. sp.
Silberling and Nichols 1982
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6 specimens | |||||||||
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Pseudodanubites halli
(Mojsisovics 1896)
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10 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Khvalynitidae
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Alanites obesus
Silberling and Nichols 1982
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Isculitidae
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Isculites tozeri
Silberling and Nichols 1982
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Gymnitidae
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Gymnites perplanus
(Meek 1877)
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5 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Acrochordiceratidae
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Acrochordiceras hyatti
Meek 1877
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12 specimens | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Parapopanoceratidae
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Amphipopanoceras cf. selwyni
(McLearn 1948)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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= Amphipopanoceras sp.
Vovina 1947
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Bucher 1992 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Balatonitidae
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Cuccoceras bonaevistae
(Hyatt and Smith 1905)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada |
| Coordinates: | 40.5° North, 118.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.1° North, 41.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Bithynian | Ammonoid zone: | hyatti |
| Age range of interval: | 245.5 - 244.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Prida | Member: | Fossil Hill | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Hadleyi subzone | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Secondary lithology: | lithified siltstone |
| Environment: | offshore indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (float) | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | N.J. Silberling | Collection dates: | 1965 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 109765 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2011-05-26 11:54:24 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:02:06 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-05-26 11:54:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 10526. | N. J. Silberling and K. M. Nichols. 1982. Middle Triassic Molluscan Fossils of Biostratigraphic Significance from the Humboldt Range, Northwestern Nevada. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1207 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan] |
Secondary references:
| 36268 | H. Bucher. 1992. Ammonoids of the Hyatti Zone and the Anisian transgression in the Star Peak Group, Northwestern Nevada, USA. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 233:137-166 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |