USNM 10712. North end of double-topped ridge, Ribbit Hill: Siegen, Nevada
collected by J. G. Johnson and J. B. Roen; A. J. Boucot 1959, 1963
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Delthyrididae
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Howellella cycloptera
(Hall 1857)
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99 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Spinoplasia roeni
Johnson 1970
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118 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Anoplothecidae
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Coelospira concava
(Hall 1857)
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20 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Nucleospiridae
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Nucleospira informal sp. B
Hall 1859
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Meristellidae
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Meristella cf. robertsensis
Merriam 1940
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68 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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Atrypa sp.
Dalman 1828
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Dalmanellidae
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Levenea navicula
Johnson 1970
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39 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Rhipidomellidae
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Dalejina informal sp. B
Havlicek 1953
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5 specimens | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Camerellidae
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Camerella sp.
Billings 1859
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Leptocoeliidae
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Leptocoelina squamosa
Johnson 1970
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324 specimens | ||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophodontidae
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Stropheodonta magnacosta
Johnson 1970
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Rafinesquinidae
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Leptaena cf. acuticuspidata
Amsden 1958
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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Schuchertella informal sp. B
Girty 1904
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Eureka |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 116.4° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.9° South, 61.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Altitude: | 7560 feet | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Early/Lower Devonian |
| Stage: | Pragian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 1 |
| Key time interval: | Siegen | Brachiopod zone: | Spinoplasia |
| Age range of interval: | 410.80000 - 407.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Rabbit Hill Limestone |
| 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: | J. G. Johnson and J. B. Roen; A. J. Boucot | Collection dates: | 1959, 1963 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | 4351, J60-1 | ||
| Database number: | 164823 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2014-12-17 20:25:30 | Last modified: | 2014-12-17 20:47:45 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2014-12-17 20:25:30 |
| 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] |