Gold Point Reef, middle part of the reef: Botomian, Nevada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Polychaeta
Sphenothallus sp. Hall 1847
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Gatagacyathidae
Gatagacyathus sp.
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae
Archaeocyathus arborensis Okulitch 1954
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra junensis Zhuravleva 1987
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Claruscoscinidae
Claruscoscinus sp. Handfield 1971
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Copleicyathidae
? Metacyathellus sp. Debrenne and Zhuravlev 1990
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Syringocnemidae
Williamicyathus colvillensis (Greggs 1959)
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ethmophyllidae
Ethmophyllum whitneyi Meek 1868
? Cordilleracyathus sp. Handfield 1971
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Robustocyathellus sp. Konyushkov 1972
Hyolithelminthida - Hyolithellidae
? Hyolithellus sp. Billings 1872
Hyolithellus insolitus Voronin et al. 1982
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada County:Esmeralda
Coordinates: 37.4° North, 117.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.3° South, 95.3° West
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cambrian Epoch: Series 2
10 m.y. bin: Cambrian 2-3
Key time interval: Botomian
Age range of interval: 515.6 - 512.5 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Poleta Member:lower
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "reef rocks"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 4335
Database number:218892
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2021-03-03 14:42:03 Last modified:2024-02-17 22:15:17
Access level:the public Released:2021-03-03 14:42:03
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
75816. S. B. Pruss, M. L. Slaymaker, E. F. Smith, A. Y. Zhuravlev, and D. A. Fike. 2021. Cambrian reefs in the lower Poleta Formation: a new occurrence of a thick archaeocyathan reef near Gold Point, Nevada, USA. Facies 67(14) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Wagner]