Antelope Range, Ninemile Fm., zone g: Tulean, Nevada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Phacopida - Pliomeridae
? Pseudocybele sp. Ross 1951
originally entered as "? Pseudocybele sp."
Trilobita - Proetida - Telephinidae
? Goniophrys sp. Ross 1951
originally entered as "? Goniophrys sp."
Trilobita - Asaphida - Asaphidae
? Hunnebergia sp. Tjernvik 1956
originally entered as "? Hunnebergia sp."
Aulacoparia cf. venta (Hintze 1953)
originally entered as "Aulacoparia cf. venta"
? Isoteloides sp. Raymond 1910
originally entered as "? Isoteloides sp."
Megistaspis sp. Jaanusson 1956
2 species
? Trigonocerca sp. Ross 1951
originally entered as "? Trigonocerca sp."
? Presbynileus ibexensis (Hintze 1953)
originally entered as "? Presbynileus ibexensis"
Protopresbynileus sp. Hintze 1954
Trilobita - Asaphida - Remopleurididae
Eorobergia sp. Cooper 1953
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Shumardiidae
Shumardia sp. Billings 1862
Agnostida - Metagnostidae
Geragnostus sp. Howell 1935
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Archaeorthidae
Archaeorthis sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
4 species
Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Curtoceras sp. Ulrich et al. 1942
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada
Coordinates: 39.1° North, 116.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:4.7° South, 84.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period: Ordovician Epoch: Early Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 1-2
*Period:Early/Lower Ordovician
Key time interval: Tulean Trilobite zone:  Hintzeia celsaora - Protopliomerella contracta
Age range of interval: 480.3 - 473.9 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Ninemile
Stratigraphy comments: "L. Ord., zone g, below antelope valley ls."
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Secondary lithology: "shale"
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Geology comments: "interbedded sh and ls. outer shelf BA4."
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection method comments: "collections d340a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j,k,l, d296"
Taxonomic list comments:"R.Ross 1970 Prof. Paper 639"
Metadata
Database number:291
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:J. Marcot Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1998-11-20 10:07:18 Last modified:2024-02-27 15:53:21
Access level:the public Released:1998-11-20 10:07:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25411. R. J., J.r. Ross. 1970. Ordovician Brachiopods, Trilobites, and Stratigraphy in Eastern and Central Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 639:1-99 [S. Finnegan/S. Finnegan/P. Wagner]