Muller Canyon HB 233, Augusta Mountains: Pelsonian, Nevada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Gymnotoceras ginsburgi n. sp. Bucher 1992
6 specimens
(4 measurements)
Favreticeras wallacei Bucher 1992
4 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae
Balatonites whitneyi Bucher 1992
6 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ptychitidae
Ptychites gradinarui Bucher 1992
18 specimens
(4 measurements)
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 117.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.6° North, 41.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Middle Triassic
Stage: Anisian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 2
Key time interval: Pelsonian Ammonoid zone:  Shoshonensis
Age range of interval: 244.7 - 243.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified not reported
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:113678
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:C. Feng
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-08-04 08:55:13 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2011-08-04 08:55:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

36784. H. Bucher. 1992. Ammonoids of the Shoshonensis Zone (Middle Anisian, Middle Triassic) from northwestern Nevada (USA). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 135:425-465 [M. Clapham/C. Feng/M. Clapham]