USNM 12777. West flank of McColley Canyon, 50-100 ft W. of creek: Deer Park, Nevada
collected by A. J. Boucot 1963

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
"Schuchertella" sp. Girty 1904
23 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Megastrophia transitans Johnson 1970
15 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena cf. acuticuspidata Amsden 1958
14 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
? Leptostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Leptocoelia murphyi Johnson 1970
3 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Rhynchonellidae informal indet. Gray 1848
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina informal sp. B Havlicek 1953
336 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina cf. varia Clarke 1900
66 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Metaplasia cf. paucicostata (Schuchert 1913)
81 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Elytha sp. Conrad
15 specimens
synonym of Elita
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
Megakozlowskiella magnapleura Johnson 1970
7 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae
Acrospirifer sp. Wedekind 1926
10 specimens
Costispirifer sp. Copper 1942
30 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
Trematospira perforata (Hall 1857)
32 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira pseudocamilla Johnson 1970
6 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859
2 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristella cf. robertsensis Merriam 1940
903 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada County:Eureka
Coordinates: 40.1° North, 116.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.6° South, 55.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:7200 feet
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
Stage:Emsian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 2
Key time interval:Deer Park Brachiopod zone: Costispirifer
Age range of interval:409.10000 - 391.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:McColley Canyon Member:Trematospira Zone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Costispirifer subzone of Trematospira Zone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:A. J. Boucot Collection dates:1963
Metadata
Also known as:MCW
Database number:164689
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2014-12-10 20:18:29 Last modified:2014-12-10 20:18:29
Access level:the public Released:2014-12-10 20:18:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

46256. J. G. Johnson. 1970. Great Basin Lower Devonian Brachiopoda. Geological Society of America Special Paper (131)1-421 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]