Belted Range, Carrara Fm, Echo Shale Mbr., b: Dyeran, Nevada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Trilobita
- Redlichiida
- Olenellidae
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Olenellus ? gilberti
White 1874
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada |
| Coordinates: | 37.3° North, 116.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 2.2° South, 95.5° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Series 2 |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Dyeran | Trilobite zone: | Olenellus |
| Age range of interval: | 514.8 - 511 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Carrara | Member: | Echo Shale |
| Local order: | bottom to top |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green "shale" |
| Secondary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 149361 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | micropaleontology |
| Created: | 2013-08-02 22:21:38 | Last modified: | 2022-08-02 15:48:10 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-11-02 22:21:38 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 47804. | A. R. Palmer and R. B. Halley. 1979. Physical Stratigraphy and Trilobite Biostratigraphy of the Carrara Formation (Lower and Middle Cambrian) in the Southern Great Basin. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1047:1-131 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/J. Ju] |