USNM 17413. 1870-1875 feet upsection to NE of section base, Lone Mountain: Eifelian, Nevada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Meekospiridae
Oxyspira murphyi n. gen., n. sp. Blodgett and Johnson 1992
type locality
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina
? Murchisonia sp. d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841
    = Murchisonioidea indet. Koken 1896
Wagner 2023
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
"Goniasma" floryi Blodgett and Johnson 1992
recombined as Lodanaria floryi
Murchisonia (Murchisonia) tillesae n. sp. Blodgett and Johnson 1992
recombined as Murchisonia tillesae
type locality
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Subulites (Fusispira) informal sp. D (Hall 1872)
    = ? Macrochilina sp. Bayle 1880
Wagner 2023
synonym of Strobeus
? Bulimorpha sp. Whitfield 1882
    = ? Macrochilina sp. Bayle 1880
Wagner 2023
synonym of Strobeus
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
? Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841
    = Loxonematidae indet. Koken 1889
Wagner 2023
? Stylonema sp. Perner 1907
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Bicarina informal n. sp. A
Stenoloron minor Blodgett and Johnson 1992
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis (Naticopsis) sp. M'Coy 1844
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Oriostoma aff. gerbaulti Oehlert 1877
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyschisma sp. M'Coy 1844
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus (Eleutherospira) sinistralis n. sp. Blodgett and Johnson 1992
recombined as Eleutherospira sinistralis
type locality
Straparollus (Straparollus) lonemountainensis Blodgett and Johnson 1992
recombined as Straparollus lonemountainensis
Gastropoda - Euomphalina
Straparollus (Serpulospira) swickae Blodgett and Johnson 1992
recombined as Serpulospira swickae
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Anematina informal sp. B (Knight 1933)
    = Petrochus informal sp. B Horný 1992
Wagner 2023
Anematina informal sp. A (Knight 1933)
    = Petrochus informal sp. A Horný 1992
Wagner 2023
Decorospira rigbyi Blodgett and Johnson 1992
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalocirridae
? Omphalocirrus sp. de Ryckholt 1860
Bivalvia
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Johnson 1972 11 individuals
"indet. bivalves"
unclassified
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Johnson 1972 10 individuals
"indet. small smooth brachiopods"
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Spinatrypa (Invertrypa) subnuba n. sp. Johnson 1972
Johnson 1972 2165 individuals
Anatrypa calypso n. sp. Johnson 1972
Johnson 1972 18 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Nucleospiridae
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859
Johnson 1972 33 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Septalariidae
? Nemesa sp.
Johnson 1972 2 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Meganterididae
Antistrix invicta n. sp. Johnson 1972
Johnson 1972 144 individuals
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida
Terebratuloidea indet. (Gray 1840)
Johnson 1972 4 individuals
"indet. terebratuloid sp."
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
? Ladjia sp.
Johnson 1972 2 individuals
Ambocoelia sp. Hall 1860
Johnson 1972 21 individuals
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Stropheodontidae
Stropheodontidae indet. Caster 1939
Johnson 1972 18 individuals
"indet. stropheodontid sp."
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
? Productella sp.
Johnson 1972 12 individuals
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
"Schuchertella" sp. Girty 1904
Johnson 1972 8 individuals
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Styginidae
Ancyropyge sp. Clark 1891
Johnson 1972 1 individual
Anthozoa
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
Johnson 1972 43 individuals
"indet. corals, 2 genera"
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada County:Eureka
Coordinates: 40.0° North, 116.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:24.3° South, 54.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Eifelian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
*Period:Middle Devonian *Epoch:Early/Lower Middle Devonian
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Eifelian - Early/Lower Eifelian
Key time interval:Eifelian Conodont zone: Polygnathus ensensis
Age range of interval:393.30000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Denay Limestone
Local section:Lone Mountain Local bed:1870 - 1875 ft
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Conodont zone: ensensis. Faunal Interval 19
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: packstone
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils,some microfossils
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collection method comments: Brachiopods described by Johnson (1970, 1971 J. Paleo papers)
Taxonomic list comments:Generic taxonomy updated by me.
Metadata
Also known as:EF-29
Database number:3827
Authorizer:P. Wagner, J. Marcot Enterer:P. Wagner, J. Marcot
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:1999-08-10 16:48:08 Last modified:2018-08-23 15:06:27
Access level:the public Released:1999-08-10 16:48:08
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
255. R. B. Blodgett and J. G. Johnson. 1992. Early Middle Devonian (Eifelian) Gastropods of Central Nevada. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 222:85-139 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

85226 J. G. Johnson. 1972. The Antistrix Brachiopod Faunule from the Middle Devonian of Central Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 46(1):120-124 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
9042 P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]