USNM 41938, Split Mountain, Clayton Ridge: Dyeran, Nevada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita
- Ptychopariida
- Ptychopariidae
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informal Ptychopariidae informal sp. A
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2 specimens | |||||||||
"Ptychopariid sp.A"; total of 4 cranidia from loc. 41938 and 41939 | ||||||||||
Ptychopariidae indet.
Matthew 1887
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1 specimen | |||||||||
"Kochaspid? sp." | ||||||||||
Trilobita
- Redlichiida
- Olenellidae
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Olenellus sp.
Hall 1861
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4 specimens | |||||||||
total of seven fragmented cephala from loc. USNM 41938 and 41939 | ||||||||||
Trilobita
- Redlichiida
- Biceratopsidae
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Bolbolenellus brevispinus
Palmer 1998
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1 specimen | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Esmeralda |
Coordinates: | 37.7° North, 117.5° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 1.2° South, 95.0° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Series 2 |
10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2-3 | ||
Key time interval: | Dyeran | Trilobite zone: | Olenellus |
Age range of interval: | 514.8 - 511 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified argillaceous mudstone |
Lithology description: basal 20m of Emigrant Formation consists of mudrock facies containing a few thin, argillaceous limestone beds | |
Environment: | offshore shelf |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | USNM |
Metadata
Database number: | 69204 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | B. Brenneis |
Modifier: | P. Wagner | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2007-02-21 07:28:13 | Last modified: | 2015-08-20 08:09:26 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-02-21 07:28:13 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
19951. | F. A. Sundberg and L.B. McCollum. 2003. Early and Mid Cambrian Trilobites from the Outer-shelf Deposits of Nevada and California, USA. Palaeontology 46(5):945-986 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis] |