D1482 CO: Whiterockian, Nevada
collected by J. Ross, Jr.

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Ostracoda - Leperditicopida - Leperditiidae
Eoleperditia cf. bivia
Ostracoda - Palaeocopida - Schmidtellidae
Schmidtella sp. Ulrich 1892
"Shmidtella"
Trilobita - Proetida - Bathyuridae
Bathyurus nevadensis Ross and Barnes 1967
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Anomalorthidae
Anomalorthis nevadensis Ulrich and Cooper 1938
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada County:Nye
Coordinates: 38.5° North, 116.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:6.1° South, 80.8° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 2-4
Key time interval: Whiterockian Brachiopod zone:  M-N
Age range of interval: 470 - 457 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Pogonip Formation:Antelope Valley Member:Middle
Local section:Hot Creek Canyon, Hot Creek Range Local bed:203 - 209 ft
Local order:bottom to top
Regional order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Whiterockian; no formal stage
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: silty; nodular; thinly and crudely laminated; Girvanella abundant; interlayered w/calcarenite in .5 to 1 ft. beds
Environment:shallow subtidal indet. Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: carbonate platform
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collectors:J. Ross, Jr.
Metadata
Also known as:SF 18
Database number:104373
Authorizer:S. Finnegan Enterer:S. Finnegan
Modifier:J. Marcot Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-02-07 12:04:21 Last modified:2023-09-05 17:24:43
Access level:the public Released:2011-02-07 12:04:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25411. R. J., J.r. Ross. 1970. Ordovician Brachiopods, Trilobites, and Stratigraphy in Eastern and Central Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 639:1-99 [S. Finnegan/S. Finnegan/P. Wagner]