USGS 6567-PC, Diamond Peak Fm, Nevada: Meramecian, Nevada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Paleoneilo informal sp. A
Paleoneilo informal sp. B
aff. Nielsonia sp.
cf. Platuzona sp.
"Gen. indet. cf. Platuzona sp"
Graphiodactyllis sp.
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Hapsiphyllidae
Amplexizaphrentis sp. Vaughan 1906
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Temnocheilidae
Temnocheilus sp. M'Coy 1844
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Tylonautilus sp. Pringle and Jackson 1928
Cephalopoda - Pseudorthocerida - Spyroceratidae
Cyrtothoracoceras sp. Turner 1964
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
? Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
"Loxonema" bella Walcott 1884
recombined as Bellazona bella
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
? Worthenia sp. de Koninck 1883
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Lunulazona sp. Sadlick and Nielsen 1963
? Gosseletina informal sp. A Fischer 1885
? Gosseletina informal sp. B Fischer 1885
? Trepospira informal sp. indet Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Glabrocingulum nevadense (Walcott 1884)
recombined as Ananias nevadensis
This taxon's occurrence is questionable, as indicated by "?" in the occurence check box in faunal list
Glabrocingulum sp. Thomas 1940
? Baylea informal sp. indet de Koninck 1881
? Rhineoderma informal sp. indet (de Koninck 1883)
aff. Caliendrum sp. Brown 1849
? Peruvispira sp. Chronic 1949
Mourlonia sp. de Koninck 1883
? Mourlonia informal sp. indet de Koninck 1883
Gastropoda - Cyrtoneritida - Orthonychiidae
Platyceras (Orthonychia) sp. (Hall 1843)
original and current combination Orthonychia
Gastropoda - Araeonematidae
Yunnania sp. Mansuy 1912
Yunnania informal sp. B Mansuy 1912
Gastropoda
Pleurotomariacea informal indet. A Swainson 1840
corrected as Pleurotomarioidea
"Pleurotomariacean gen. indet. A"
Pleurotomariacea informal indet. B Swainson 1840
corrected as Pleurotomarioidea
"Pleurotomariacean gen. indet. B"
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Knightites (Retispira) sp. (Knight 1945)
original and current combination Retispira
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus (Euomphalus) informal sp. A (Sowerby 1814)
original and current combination Euomphalus
Straparollus (Euomphalus) informal sp. B (Sowerby 1814)
original and current combination Euomphalus
Gastropoda - Goniasmatidae
Stegocoelia informal sp. A (Donald 1889)
Stegocoelia informal sp. B (Donald 1889)
cf. Stegocoelia sp. (Donald 1889)
"Gen. indet. cf. Stegocoelia sp"
Gastropoda - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis (Naticopsis) informal sp. A M'Coy 1844
Naticopsis (? Naticopsis) informal sp. B M'Coy 1844
Natacopsis (Jedria) sp. (Yochelson 1953)
Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Conocardium sp. Bronn 1835
Bivalvia - Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Parallelodon aff. truncatus
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Myalinidae
Septimyalina sp. Newell 1942
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Aviculopecten eurekensis Walcott 1884
Aviculopecten affinis Walcott 1884
Aviculopecten pintoensis Walcott 1884
Aviculopecten haguei Walcott 1884
This taxon's occurrence is questionable, as indicated by "?" in the occurence check box in faunal list
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Streblochondriidae
Streblopteria similis
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Entoliidae
Pernopecten sp. Winchell 1865
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus nevadensis
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia informal sp. A de Koninck 1841
Edmondia informal sp. B de Koninck 1841
Edmondia informal sp. C de Koninck 1841
Bivalvia - Modiomorphida - Cypricardiniidae
Cypricardinia aff. moorefieldana
Bivalvia - Cardiida
Cypricardella connata
Cypricardella aff. striata
Bivalvia - Grammysiidae
Cardiomorpha informal sp. A de Koninck 1844
Cardiomorpha informal sp. B de Koninck 1844
Sphenotus salteri
Sphenotus informal sp. A Hall 1884
Sphenotus informal sp. B Hall 1884
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus curtiformis
Schizodus sp. King 1844
Bivalvia - Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nuculopsis levatiformis
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Yoldiidae
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842
Bivalvia - Nuculanida - Polidevciidae
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898
Strophomenata - Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rugosochonetidae
Neochonetes informal sp. A Muir-Wood 1962
Neochonetes informal sp. C Muir-Wood 1962
Strophomenata - Productida - Echinoconchidae
Echinoconchus aff. vittatus
Echinoconchus aff. biseriatus (Hall 1856)
Strophomenata - Productida - Productidae
Inflatia informal sp. A
Inflatia informal sp. B
Auloprotonia sp.
"Auloprotonia n. sp."
Strophomenata - Productida - Productellidae
Avonia informal sp. A
"N. gen. aff Avonia sp. A"
Avonia informal sp. B
"N. gen. aff Avonia sp. B"
Krotovia sp. Fredericks 1928
Strophomenata - Productida - Monticuliferidae
Striatifera sp. Chao 1927
"Striatifera n. sp."
Ovatia cf. latior
Strophomenata - Productida - Araksalosiidae
Quadratia hirsutiformis (Walcott 1884)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Moorefieldella eurekensis
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Stenoscismatidae
Coledium therum (Walcott 1884)
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Camarotoechiidae
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Rhynchoporidae
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Rhipidomella sp.
"Rhipidomella n. sp."
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
? Spiriferellina sp.
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Punctospiriferidae
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Syringothyrididae
Pseudosyrinx desiderata
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Dimegelasmidae
Dimegelasma eurekensis
"Dimegalasma eurekense Lintz and Lohr" Cooper first spelled genus name "Dimegelasma", Lintz & Lohr spelled the species name "eurekensis"
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Crurithyris sp. George 1931
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia sp. M'Coy 1844
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer cf. arkansanus
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
Spirifer aff. haydenianus Girty 1927
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Elythidae
Torynifer cf. internascens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Mucrospiriferidae
Tylothyris sp. North 1920
"Tylothyris n. sp."
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Cleiothyridina informal sp. A Buckman 1906
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Beecheriidae
Beecheria sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Cranaenidae
? Cranaena sp. Hall and Clarke 1893
Lingulata - Lingulida - Discinidae
Orbiculoidea aff. moorefieldana
Stenolaemata - Cryptostomata - Fenestellidae
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839
Stenolaemata - Trepostomata
Trepostomata informal indet. Ulrich 1882
"Stenoporoid, encrusting form, indet."
Stenolaemata - Trepostomida - Stenoporidae
Anisotrypa sp.
Stenolaemata - Cyclostomata
Cyclostomata indet. Busk 1852
"Fistuliporoid, gen. and sp. indet."
Ostracoda - Platycopida - Sansabellidae
? Sansabella sp.
Ostracoda - Platycopida - Paraparchitidae
"Paraparchites" cf. nickelsi
"Paraparchites" aff. cyclopeus (Girty 1910)
""Paraparchites" n. sp. aff. "P" cyclopeus Girty 1910"
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Bairdiidae
"Bairdia" sp. M'Coy 1844
Trilobita - Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Kaskia sp. Weller 1936
Crinoidea
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821
"crinoid columnals"
Echinoidea
Echinoidea indet. (Leske 1778)
"echinoid spines"
Chondrichthyes - Ctenacanthiformes - Ctenacanthidae
Cladodus sp. Agassiz 1843
This taxon's occurrence is questionable, as indicated by "?" in the occurence check box in faunal list
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada County:White Pine
Coordinates: 39.5° North, 115.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.1° South, 49.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Time
Period:Carboniferous Epoch:Middle Mississippian
Stage:Visean 10 m.y. bin:Carboniferous 2
Key time interval:Meramecian
Age range of interval:345.00000 - 336.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Diamond Peak Member:D
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology:black lithified "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "Limestone occurring in black shale in lower part of Diamond Peak Formation. Seemingly the one mentioned (Walcott, 1884) as 200 ft above the base." "Member D is a resistant cliff- and ledge-forming sequence of thick and very thick bedded limestones interstratified with sandstone and minor amounts of clay shale, conglomerate, and siltstone. The limestone is typically gray or blue gray, weathers brownish gray in some place, and is locally very hard and dense. A few of the limestone beds have sets of planar cross-strata, and others are noticeably pyritic. Almost all are fossiliferous, containing crinoid columnals, colonial and solitary corals, bryozoans, brachiopods, and, locally, formainifers. Many of the limestone strata have 'stringers' and thin beds of dark chert granules and pebbles; others contain abundant silt-size quartz and chert grains and grade into limy siltstone. The nonlimy siltstone present is olive gray, thin bedded and occurs also as the matrix of the limestone-phenoplast conglomerate of theis member. The clay shale interclated with the limestone is gray and fissile, weathers olive gray, and is locally either pyritic or limy. Small brachiopod casts occur in some of the beds. Light-gray, brown, and light-brown, fairly well sorted, fine-grained sandstone in beds 7.5-75 cm thick occurs between the limestone beds. Most of the sandstone is hard, dense and moderately well sorted. Some is pyritic and some is conglomeratic. The conglomerates in the sequence are gray or brownish white and weather to brownish gray and darker brown. Chert and quartzite form the rounded pebbles and cobbles, which are a maximum of 10 cm in diameter. The chert fragments tend to be more angular and are red, white, gray, and black. Some of the conglomerates grade to sandstone; others contain relatively little sandstone matrix and are cemented with calcite."
Environment:deep subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Museum repositories:USGS
Collection method comments: Collected by G.H. Girty & H.G. Ferguson in June 1928. "Limestone occurring in black shale in lower part of Diamond Peak Formation. Seemingly the one mentioned (Walcott, 1884) as 200 ft above the base."
Taxonomic list comments:Brew and Gordon list new species (without naming them) in their taxonomic lists but do not provide any formal taxonomic descriptions. Because of this, new species were indicated in the comment field but not in the species resolution field.
Metadata
Database number:62674
Authorizer:N. Heim Enterer:N. Heim
Modifier:S. Holland Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2006-07-25 12:11:28 Last modified:2006-11-03 12:21:21
Access level:the public Released:2006-07-25 12:11:28
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

18083. D. A. Brew and M. Gordon. 1971. Mississippian stratigraphy of the Diamond Peak Area, Eureka County, Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 661:1-84 [N. Heim/N. Heim]