LACMIP loc. 17146, northern Salt Spring Hills: Atdabanian, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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? Tirasiana disciformis
Palij 1976
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1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | San Bernardino |
| Coordinates: | 35.6° North, 116.3° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.7° South, 97.9° West | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Series 2 |
| Stage: | Stage 3 | 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2 |
| *Period: | Early/Lower Cambrian | *Epoch: | Caerfai |
| *International age/stage: | Atdabanian | ||
| Key time interval: | Atdabanian | Zone: | Nevadella |
| Age range of interval: | 521 - 515.6 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Wood Canyon | Member: | Upper |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | burrows lithified sandstone |
| Secondary lithology: | siltstone |
| Lithology description: 1 cm thick very fine-grained sand layer in a slab characterized by alternating mm-cm thick layers of very fine to fine grain quartz arenite. | |
| Environment: | transition zone/lower shoreface |
| Geology comments: Rocks subjected to regional tectonism and intrusion. Samples are from the Great Basin deposits. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | cast,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | LACM |
Metadata
| Also known as: | NE of Amargosa Spring | ||
| Database number: | 9124 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | P. Borkow |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2000-09-24 14:48:06 | Last modified: | 2022-06-30 14:39:27 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-09-24 14:48:06 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 794. | J. W. Hagadorn, C. M. Fedo, and B. M. Waggoner. 2000. Early Cambrian Ediacaran-type fossils from California. Journal of Paleontology 74(4):731-740 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Marcot] |