Jack Valley Member, Great Basin, Southern Egan Range: Telychian - Wenlock, Nevada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Stropheodontida sp.
3 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida
Strophomenida indet. Opik 1934
5 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Sowerbyellidae
Eoplectodonta sp. Kozlowski 1929
1 specimen
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Protochonetes elyensis n. sp. Sheehan 1982
36 specimens
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
5 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida
Pentamerida indet. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Camerellidae
? Camerella sp. Billings 1859
22 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida
Orthida indet. Schuchert and Cooper 1932
12 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Hesperorthidae
"Dolerorthis" flabellites (Foerste 1889)
42 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina sp. Havlicek 1953
8 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dicoelosiidae
Dicoelosia sp. King 1850
3 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Cyrtiidae
? Hedeina sp. Boucot 1957
8 specimens
Cyrtia spp.
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Reticulariidae
Spirinella pauciplicata (Waite 1956)
109 specimens
eganensis n. subsp.
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Plectatrypa cf. imbricata (Sowerby and Murchison 1839)
1 specimen
Atrypa cf. parva
63 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypinidae
Atrypina erugata Amsden 1968
764 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Machaerariidae
Ferganella borealis (Buch 1834)
36 specimens
recombined as Stegerhynchus borealis
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada
Coordinates: 39.3° North, 114.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:10.1° South, 69.2° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Silurian
Key time interval:Telychian - Wenlock
Age range of interval:438.50000 - 427.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Laketown Dolomite Member:Jack Valley
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black,brown,gray dolomite
Lithology description: brownish-black to medium brownish-gray, weathering brownish gray to light brownish gray, microcrystalline to very finely crystalline dolostone that is thin- to very thick-bedded and partly laminated.
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,hydrochloric,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Brachiopods only.
Metadata
Database number:51557
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:A. Krug
Modifier:A. Krug Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-06-08 06:00:50 Last modified:2005-06-08 09:00:50
Access level:the public Released:2005-06-08 06:00:49
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13700. P. M. Sheehan. 1982. Late Ordovician and Silurian of the eastern Great Basin Part 4. Late Llandovery and Wenlock brachiopods. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 50:1-73 [M. Patzkowsky/A. Krug/A. Krug]