USNM 10710. Highest saddle, ridge trending SW from Hill 7836, W. Williams Spring: Emsian, Nevada
collected by Summer Field Class 1953
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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"Schuchertella" informal sp. C
Girty 1904
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Leptaena informal sp. C
Dalman 1828
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Gypidulidae
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Gypidula praeloweryi
Johnson 1970
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Hysterolitidae
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Acrospirifer kobehana
(Merriam 1940)
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| recombined as Patriaspirifer kobehana | |||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Cyrtinopsidae
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Megakozlowskiella cf. raricosta
(Conrad 1842)
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Meristellidae
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Meristella robertsensis
Merriam 1940
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Levenea navicula
Johnson 1970
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Eureka |
| Coordinates: | 40.1° North, 116.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 27.4° South, 54.6° 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: | Emsian | Brachiopod zone: | Acrospirifer kobehana |
| Age range of interval: | 407.60000 - 393.30000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | McColley Canyon | Member: | Acrospirifer kobehana |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
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: | Summer Field Class | Collection dates: | July 1953 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | 3522, M4-3 | ||
| Database number: | 164798 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-12-16 21:43:09 | Last modified: | 2014-12-16 21:44:19 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-12-16 21:43:09 |
| 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] |