USNM 17212. 1357 ft upsection from base of Nevada Group, Lone Mountain: Eifelian, Nevada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Trilobita
- Proetida
- Proetidae
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Dechenella (Dechenella) sp.
Kayser 1880
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Leptostrophiidae
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Leptostrophiidae indet.
Caster 1939
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1 specimen | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophodontidae
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Parapholidostrophia harperi
Johnson 1971
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231 specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Productella sp.
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80 specimens | |||||||||
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Spinulicosta muirwoodi
Johnson 1971
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758 specimens | |||||||||
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Strophomenata
- Orthotetida
- Schuchertellidae
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"Schuchertella" sp.
Girty 1904
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3 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Leiorhynchidae
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Leiorhynchus miriam
Johnson 1971
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11 specimens | |||||||||
| recombined as Properotundirostrum miriam | ||||||||||
| L. miriam miriam | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
- Hebetoechiidae
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Cassidirostrum cf. eurekaensis
(Johnson 1966)
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28 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria sp.
King 1850
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83 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Draboviidae
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Vallomyonia devonica
(Walcott 1884)
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26 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Rhipidiothyrididae
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Rhipidothyris sp.
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17 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Terebratulida
- Stringocephalidae
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Rensselandia sp.
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| synonym of Newberria | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Echinocoelia denayensis
Johnson 1966
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164 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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? Spinatrypina sp.
Rzhonsnitskaya 1964
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Spinatrypa sp.
Stainbrook 1951
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4 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Leptathyris index
Johnson 1971
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152 specimens | |||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Nucleospiridae
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Nucleospira sp.
Hall 1859
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1131 specimens | |||||||||
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Tentaculita
- Styliolinida
- Styliolinidae
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Styliolina sp.
Karpinsky 1884
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Eotomariidae
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Denayella housei
Blodgett and Johnson 1992
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Blodgett and Johnson 1992 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Murchisoniina
- Gosseletinidae
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Ptychomphalina aurora
Blodgett and Johnson 1992
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Blodgett and Johnson 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| recombined as Conotoma aurora | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Bellerophontidae
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Bellerophon (Bellerophon) nevadensis
Blodgett and Johnson 1992
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Blodgett and Johnson 1992 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Bellerophon nevadensis | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Bellerophontida
- Pterothecidae
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Merriamella eurekae
Blodgett and Johnson 1992
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Blodgett and Johnson 1992 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| recombined as Merriamites eurekae | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Euomphalina
- Platyceratidae
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Platyceras (Praenatica) sp.
(Perner 1903)
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Blodgett and Johnson 1992 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Praenatica | ||||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Naticopsidae
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Naticopsis (Naticopsis) spp.
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Blodgett and Johnson 1992 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cyrtoneritida
- Orthonychiidae
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Platyceras (Orthonychia) sp.
(Hall 1843)
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Blodgett and Johnson 1992 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
| original and current combination Orthonychia | ||||||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Agoniatitida
- Werneroceratidae
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Cabrieroceras aff. crispiforme
(Kayser 1879)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
| 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 |
| Key time interval: | Eifelian | Conodont zone: | Tortodus kockelianus |
| Age range of interval: | 393.30000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Nevada | Formation: | Denay Limestone | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: Conodont zone: kockelianus. Faunal Interval 17L, Lone Mountain section
JA: originally entered as Emsian, but the kockelianus zone is late Eifelian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | packstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils,some microfossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USNM |
| Taxonomic list comments:Bivalves identified by A.L. McAlester for Johnson (1971) | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | FF-23 | ||
| Database number: | 44124 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-09-01 14:23:24 | Last modified: | 2018-08-23 15:02:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-09-01 14:23:24 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11582. | J. G. Johnson. 1971. Lower Givetian brachiopods from Central Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 45(2):301-326 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |
Secondary references:
| 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] |