USGS M1181, John Brown Canyon: Bithynian, Nevada
collected by N.J. Silberling 1957

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Grypoceratidae
Grypoceras whitneyi (Gabb 1864)
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Acrochordiceratidae
Acrochordiceras hyatti Meek 1877
5 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Isculitidae
Isculites tozeri Silberling and Nichols 1982
2 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
Hollandites aff. voiti (Oppel 1863)
2 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae
Cuccoceras bonaevistae (Hyatt and Smith 1905)
5 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Longobarditidae
Intornites nevadanus (Hyatt and Smith 1905)
25 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Danubitidae
Unionvillites hadleyi (Smith 1914)
1 specimen
Pseudodanubites halli (Mojsisovics 1896)
2 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Khvalynitidae
Alanites ? mulleri Silberling and Nichols 1982
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae
Gymnites perplanus (Meek 1877)
3 specimens
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Ussuritidae
Ussurites cf. arthaberi (Welter 1915)
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada
Coordinates: 40.5° North, 118.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.1° North, 41.8° 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:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified siltstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:N.J. Silberling Collection dates:1957
Metadata
Database number:143260
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-04-22 10:25:26 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2013-04-22 10:25:26
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]