USNM 41938, Split Mountain, Clayton Ridge: Dyeran, Nevada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Ptychopariida - Ptychopariidae
informal Ptychopariidae informal sp. A
2 specimens
"Ptychopariid sp.A"; total of 4 cranidia from loc. 41938 and 41939
Ptychopariidae indet. Matthew 1887
1 specimen
"Kochaspid? sp."
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Olenellidae
Olenellus sp. Hall 1861
4 specimens
total of seven fragmented cephala from loc. USNM 41938 and 41939
Trilobita - Redlichiida - Biceratopsidae
Bolbolenellus brevispinus Palmer 1998
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
Formation:Emigrant
Regional section:Formation Regional bed:1 m
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: basal meter of Emigrant Formation; Olenellus Biozone of Lowermost Middle Cambrian
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]