Star Canyon, West Humboldt Range: Aegean, Nevada
collected by J.D. Whitney
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Cassianellidae
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Cassianella lingulata n. sp.
Gabb 1870
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Gabb 1870 | |||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ceratitida
- Isculitidae
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Ptychites meeki n. sp.
Hyatt and Smith 1905
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada |
| Coordinates: | 40.5° North, 118.1° West (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.2° North, 41.7° West | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| *Period: | Middle Triassic | ||
| Key time interval: | Aegean | Ammonoid zone: | Lenotropites caurus |
| Age range of interval: | 247.2 - 245.5 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Star Peak | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Lower Ladinic stage, Daonella beds" according to Hyatt & Smith (1905), without stating a reason. Silberling & Nichols (1982) only find this species in the lower Anisian caurus zone. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | MCZ |
| Collectors: | J.D. Whitney |
Metadata
| Database number: | 33196 | ||
| Authorizer: | D. Bottjer, M. Clapham, J. Marcot | Enterer: | C. Powers, J. Marcot, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-07-23 16:59:33 | Last modified: | 2016-03-31 12:27:31 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-07-23 16:59:33 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 8855. | A. Hyatt and J. P. Smith. 1905. The Triassic cephalopod genera of America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 40:1-394 [D. Bottjer/C. Powers/M. Clapham] |
Secondary references:
| 72501 | W. M. Gabb. 1870. Descriptions of some secondary fossils from the Pacific states. American Journal of Conchology 5:5-18 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |