Southwest flank of Red Hill, northern end of the Northern Simpson Park Range: Givetian, Nevada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Osteolepiformes
- Tristichopteridae
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Bruehnopteron murphyi n. gen., n. sp.
Schultze and Reed 2012
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4 specimens | |||||||||
| KUVP 94040, UCMP 117884, UCMP 118283, UCMP 123135 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Eureka County |
| Coordinates: | 40.1° North, 116.0° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 18.6° South, 73.9° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
| Stage: | Givetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 |
| Key time interval: | Givetian | Conodont zone: | Klapperina disparalis |
| Age range of interval: | 387.7 - 382.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Denay Limestone |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | northwest of Eureka, Horse Creek Valley | ||
| Database number: | 210080 | ||
| Authorizer: | G. Lloyd | Enterer: | G. Lloyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2020-05-19 16:17:01 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2020-05-19 16:17:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 72429. | H.-P. Schultze and J. W. Reed. 2012. A tristichopterid sarcopterygian fish from the upper Middle Devonian of Nevada. Historical Biology 24(4):425-440 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd] |