List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita
- Redlichiida
- Olenellidae
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Paedeumias sp.
Walcott 1910
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spelled with current rank as Olenellus (Paedeumias) | |||||||
Fremontia sp.
Raw 1936
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synonym of Mesonacis | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Clark |
Coordinates: | 36.2° North, 115.0° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 2.8° South, 97.1° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Pioche Shale | ||||
Local section: | Unit 9 | Local bed: | Unit 9 | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: 10 feet thick |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | green lithified sandy "shale" |
Lithology description: Shale, green sandy, fissile. | |
Environment: | marginal marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Taxonomic list comments:Does not include annelids which were undescribed but found in the formation interval. |
Metadata
Database number: | 9623 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Patzkowsky | Enterer: | P. Borkow |
Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2001-03-23 08:27:34 | Last modified: | 2023-04-11 13:39:10 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2001-03-23 08:27:34 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
596. | P. D. Pack and H. B. Gayle. 1971. A new Olenellid trilobite, Biceratops nevadensis, from the Lower Cambrian near Las Vegas, Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 45(5):893-898 [M. Patzkowsky/P. Borkow/J. Alroy] |