Jensen Nopah Range North: Ediacaran, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Ernietta plateauensis
Pflug 1966
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Harlaniella confusa
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Helminthoidichnites sp.
Fitch 1850
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Treptichnus pedum
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California |
| Coordinates: | 36.1° North, 116.2° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 42.0° South, 125.2° West | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Ediacaran |
| Key time interval: | Ediacaran |
| Age range of interval: | 635 - 538.8 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wood Canyon | Member: | Lower | ||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | member | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower member of Wood Canyon Fm contains boundary between Ediacaran-Cambrian, with Ediacaran microfossils in the lowermost portion and trilobite traces such as Rusophycus in the middle to upper part of the member. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandy dolomite | ||
| Secondary lithology: | dolomite | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | intrashelf/intraplatform reef | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,observed (not collected) |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Numbered specimens contained within paleontology repository at the University of California Riverside Earth and Planetary Sciences Research Museum (UCR EPSM). | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 231329 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Segessenman | Enterer: | D. Segessenman |
| Modifier: | D. Segessenman | ||
| Created: | 2023-08-16 10:17:14 | Last modified: | 2023-08-16 11:16:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-08-16 10:17:14 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 65562. | S. Jensen, M. L. Droser, and N. A. Heim. 2002. Trace fossils and ichnofabrics of the Lower Cambrian Wood Canyon Formation, southwest Death Valley area. Proterozoic-Cambrian of the Great Basin and Beyond, Volume and Guidebook 93:123-135 [D. Muscente/D. Muscente] |