USNM 10762. Horse Creek Valley Quadrangle, northern Simpson Park Range: Emsian, Nevada
collected by J. G. Johnson 1957
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Gypidulidae
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Gypidula loweryi
Merriam 1940
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Trigonirhynchiidae
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Trigonirhynchia occidens
(Walcott 1884)
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Hysterolitidae
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Brachyspirifer pinyonoides n. sp.
Johnson 1970
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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Atrypa nevadana
Merriam 1940
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Meristellidae
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Meristina informal sp. B
Hall 1867
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Levenea fagerholmi n. sp.
Johnson 1970
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Cortezorthis cortezensis n. sp.
Johnson and Talent 1967
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria nevadaensis
Merriam 1940
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Douvillinidae
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Phragmostrophia merriami
Harper et al. 1967
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Leptaena sp.
Dalman 1828
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophochonetidae
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Parachonetes macrostriatus
(Walcott 1884)
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophodontidae
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Megastrophia iddingsi
(Merriam 1940)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Eureka |
| Coordinates: | 40.0° North, 116.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.3° South, 54.9° West | ||||
| Altitude: | 6560 feet | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Early/Lower Devonian |
| Stage: | Emsian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Emsian | Brachiopod zone: | Eurekaspirifer pinyonensis |
| Age range of interval: | 407.60000 - 393.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | McColley Canyon | Member: | Eurekaspirifer pinyonensis Zone |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | yellow argillaceous "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: Several hundred feet of yellow argillaceous limestone | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | USNM | ||
| Collectors: | J. G. Johnson | Collection dates: | 1957 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | 4817, J16-2 | ||
| Database number: | 164735 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-12-14 22:53:13 | Last modified: | 2014-12-14 23:15:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-12-14 22:53:13 |
| 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] |