Collection 41169, Grassy Spring Mb., Pioche Shale, NV - Eddy and McCollum 1998: Solvan, Nevada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Corynexochida - Zacanthoididae
Albertellina aspinosa Palmer and Halley 1979
14 specimens
4 cranidia, 10 pygidia
Delamarella brevispinaspis n. gen., n. sp. Eddy and McCollum 1998
12 specimens
2 cranidia, 10 pygidia
Trilobita - Ptychopariida
Mexicella granulata n. sp. Eddy and McCollum 1998
2 specimens
2 cranidia
unclassified
Pancus palmeri n. gen., n. sp.
1 specimen
1 cranidium
Volocphalina variosa n. sp.
8 specimens
8 cranidia
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada County:Lincoln
Coordinates: 37.8° North, 114.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:3.2° South, 93.1° West
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cambrian
10 m.y. bin: Cambrian 3
*Period:Middle Cambrian - Late/Upper Cambrian *Epoch:St. David's
*International age/stage:Solvan
Key time interval: Solvan Zone:  Albertella Biozone
Age range of interval: 510 - 504.5 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Pioche Shale Member:Grassy Spring
Local section:Black Canyon North #1 Local bed:32 meters above the base of the section
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified packstone
Lithology description: bioclastics (interpretted from the stratigraphic columns of figure 3).
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Only trilobites from the albertellina aspinosa subbiozone were collected.
Metadata
Database number:9468
Authorizer:M. Patzkowsky Enterer:P. Borkow
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2000-11-05 14:09:58 Last modified:2003-07-18 18:05:03
Access level:the public Released:2001-03-22 12:03:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

810. J. D. Eddy and L. B. McCollum. 1998. Early Middle Cambrian Albertella biozone trilobites of the Pioche Shale, southeastern Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 72(5):864-887 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Alroy]