USGS D753-CO: Middle Ordovician, California

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
"Unidentifiable gastropods"
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Unidentifiable brachiopod, possibly an Orthidiella
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Orthambonites cf. mazourkensis (Phleger 1933)
original and current combination Plectorthis mazourkaensis
misspelled as "? Orthambonites mazourkaensis"
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
? Isotelus sp. Dekay 1824
"Isotelus-like trilobite"
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Inyo
Coordinates: 37.0° North, 118.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.8° South, 84.8° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Ordovician Epoch:Middle Ordovician
Key time interval:Middle Ordovician
Age range of interval:470.00000 - 458.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Badger Flat
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Metadata
Database number:196135
Authorizer:J. Marcot Enterer:J. Marcot
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2018-09-05 13:40:49 Last modified:2018-09-05 13:40:49
Access level:the public Released:2018-09-05 13:40:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

66726. D. C. Ross. 1966. Stratigraphy of some Paleozoic formations in the Independence quadrangle, Inyo County, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 396:1-64 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]