Fish Lake Valley area, Nevadella zone, FLVS 183-188: Montezuman, Nevada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Trilobita
- Redlichiida
- Holmiidae
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Esmeralda |
| Coordinates: | 37.9° North, 117.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.5° North, 150.7° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Series 2 |
| Stage: | Stage 3 | 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Montezuman | Zone: | Nevadella |
| Age range of interval: | 520 - 515.3 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Poleta |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "siliciclastic" |
| Environment: | shallow subtidal indet. |
| Geology comments: Relatively shallow, mixed carbonate-siliciclastic environment. The intermediate shale unit of the lower Poleta is thicker and contains isolated mounds of algal archaeocyathan limestone. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 140546 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | M. Krause |
| Modifier: | M. Krause | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-03-12 00:55:41 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2013-06-12 00:55:41 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 45528. | J. S. Hollingsworth. 2006. Holmiidae (Trilobita: Olenellina) of the Montezuman Stage (Early Cambrian) in Western Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 80(2):309-332 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause] |