UCMP A-6988, Westgard Pass: Montezuman - Dyeran, California
collected by J. W. Durham and J. H. Peck 1951

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Ajacicyathidae
Archaeocyatha - Ajacicyathida - Vologdinocyathidae
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Archaeocyathidae
Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae
Protopharetra sp. Bornemann 1884
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:California County:Inyo
Coordinates: 37.3° North, 118.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:21.6° North, 149.9° West (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Cambrian Epoch: Series 2
Stage: Stage 3 10 m.y. bin: Cambrian 2 - Cambrian 2-3
Key time interval: Montezuman - Dyeran
Age range of interval: 520 - 509.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Poleta Member:Lower
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:brown "limestone"
Secondary lithology:green "shale"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collectors:J. W. Durham and J. H. Peck Collection dates:March 28, 1951
Metadata
Database number:217094
Authorizer:J. Marcot Enterer:J. Marcot
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2021-01-23 17:49:50 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2021-01-23 17:49:50
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
75290. V. J. Okulitch. 1954. Archaeocyatha from the Lower Cambrian of Inyo County, California. Journal of Paleontology 28(3):293-296 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]