UCMP loc. D-5655, Mazourka Canyon, Inyo Mountains: Middle Ordovician, California
collected by Berry, Lawson and Yancey

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Stiodermatidae
Hyalostelia sp.
1 specimen
Cystoidea
Cystoidea indet. von Buch 1846
1 specimen
"cystoid"
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
Pseudomera sp. Holliday 1942
1 specimen
Ectenonotus sp. Raymond 1920
2 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Tetralobulidae
Rhysostrophia occidentalis Ulrich and Cooper 1936
6 specimens
Rhysostrophia nevadensis Ulrich and Cooper 1936
2 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Plectorthidae
Orthambonites mazourkensis (Phleger 1933)
5 specimens
Orthambonites patulus (Phleger 1933)
1 specimen
Lingulata - Lingulida
Lingulida indet. Waagen 1885
1 specimen
"linguloid"
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California
Coordinates: 36.9° North, 118.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.0° North, 126.2° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Middle Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 2-3
Key time interval: Middle Ordovician
Age range of interval: 470 - 458.4 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Badger Flat
Local section:Badger Flat Formation Section Local bed:68 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "lower to mid M. Ord. below O. decipiens!"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: "carbonate (nodular and silty ls). subtidal-lime mud (deeper than Orthidiella community). miogeocline.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Museum repositories:UCMP
Collectors:Berry, Lawson and Yancey
Taxonomic list comments:"Berry, Lawson and Yancey 1979. Ross 1967 Prof Pap. 523-D."
Metadata
Also known as:Rhysostrophia community
Database number:226919
Authorizer:J. Marcot Enterer:J. Marcot
Modifier:J. Marcot Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2022-08-09 14:46:57 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2022-08-09 14:46:57
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

61151. W. B. N. Berry, D. A. Lawson, and E. S. Yancey. 1979. Species diversity patterns in some middle Ordovician communities from California-Nevada. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 26:99-116 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/J. Ju]