Locality 90R-BR, U. Antelope Valley Fm, Martin Ridge: Whiterockian, Nevada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Eotomariidae
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Lesueurillidae
Rohr 1994
Wagner 2023
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae
operculum
Rohr 1994
Rohr 1994
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Ophiletidae
Rohr 1994
Rohr 1994
Paragastropoda - Mimospirida - Clisospiridae
Wagner 2023
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada County:Eureka
Coordinates: 39.2° North, 116.4° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:14.9° North, 122.8° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 2-4
*Period:Middle Ordovician *Epoch:Early/Lower Llanvirn - Middle Llanvirn
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Llanvirn - Middle Llanvirn *Local age/stage:Early/Lower Whiterockian - Middle Whiterockian
Key time interval: Whiterockian Zone:  Anomalorthis; Histiodella sinuosa - Histiodella holodentata
Age range of interval: 470 - 457 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Pogonip Formation:Antelope Valley
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Anomalorthis Zone, Kanoshian, middle Whiterockian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:dolomitic,peloidal lime mudstone
Secondary lithology:dolomitic,peloidal wackestone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:replaced with silica
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,some macrofossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:14241
Authorizer:A. Miller, P. Wagner Enterer:R. Krause, P. Wagner
Modifier:J. Marcot Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-05-28 13:18:03 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2002-05-28 13:18:03
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:

6152. D. M. Rohr. 1996. Ordovician (Whiterockian) gastropods of Nevada, Part 2. Journal of Paleontology 70(1):56-63 [A. Miller/R. Krause/P. Wagner]

Secondary references:

10956 J. Pojeta and B. Runnegar. 1976. The paleontology of rostroconch mollusks and the early history of the phylum Mollusca. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 968:1-88 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
11495 D. M. Rohr. 1994. Ordovician (Whiterockian) gastropods of Nevada: Bellerophontoidea, Macluritoidea, Euomphaloidea. Journal of Paleontology 68(3):473-486 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]
9042 P. J. Wagner. 2023. Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database (2006 - 2023). [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/P. Wagner]