714-D Muller: Late Sinemurian, Nevada
collected by S. W. Muller
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Mineral |
| Coordinates: | 38.5° North, 118.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 17.4° North, 45.3° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Jurassic | Epoch: | Early Jurassic |
| Stage: | Sinemurian | 10 m.y. bin: | Jurassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Late Sinemurian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 199.5 - 192.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sunrise |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | medium,gray lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: medium-grained, grey to pink 'greywacke' | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection,survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UNSM |
| Collectors: | S. W. Muller |
Metadata
| Database number: | 125787 | ||
| Authorizer: | G. Stanley | Enterer: | H. Shepherd |
| Created: | 2012-03-23 07:31:48 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-03-23 07:31:48 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 40842. | T. P. Poulton. 1979. Jurassic Trigoniid Bivalves from Canada and Western United States of America. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 282 [G. Stanley/H. Shepherd/H. Shepherd] |