USGS D753-CO: Middle Ordovician, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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"Unidentifiable gastropods" | ||||||||||
unclassified
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Brachiopoda indet.
Cuvier 1805
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Unidentifiable brachiopod, possibly an Orthidiella | ||||||||||
Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Plectorthidae
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Orthambonites cf. mazourkensis
(Phleger 1933)
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original and current combination Plectorthis mazourkaensis | ||||||||||
misspelled as "? Orthambonites mazourkaensis" | ||||||||||
Trilobita
- Asaphida
- Asaphidae
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? Isotelus sp.
Dekay 1824
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"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] |