Candelaria JJ15-08: Dienerian, Nevada
collected by Jim Jenks

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Mullericeratidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada
Coordinates: 38.1° North, 118.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:23.9° North, 38.1° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Early Triassic
Stage: Induan 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 1
Key time interval: Dienerian
Age range of interval: 250.5 - 249.9 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Candelaria
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: 20-25 m thick and approximately 45 m above base of formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:concretionary lithified carbonaceous "shale"
Lithology description: dark bituminous shales, purplish on weathered surfaces, with a few thin beds of impure limestone and early diagenetic concretions
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:Jim Jenks
Metadata
Database number:120312
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-11-10 11:58:14 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-11-10 11:58:14
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
35617. D. Ware, J. F. Jenks, M. Hautmann and H. Bucher. 2011. Dienerian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from the Candelaria Hills (Nevada, USA) and their significance for palaeobiogeography and palaeoceanography. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 104:161-181 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]