UCMP loc. IP 12003, 1/2 mile west of Magruder Mountain Peak: Montezuman, Nevada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Archaeocyatha
- Capsulocyathida
- Coscinocyathidae
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Esmeralda |
| Coordinates: | 37.4° North, 117.6° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 19.1° North, 151.1° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Series 2 |
| Stage: | Stage 3 | 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2 |
| Key time interval: | Montezuman | ||
| Age range of interval: | 520 - 515.3 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Poleta | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: lower limestone |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | massive,shelly/skeletal lithified argillaceous bafflestone | ||
| Secondary lithology: | calcareous siltstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | reef, buildup or bioherm | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original aragonite,original calcite |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 226375 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-07-01 19:20:02 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-07-01 19:20:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 82066. | E. H. McKee and R. A. Gangloff. 1969. Stratigraphic distribution of archaeocyathids in the Silver Peak Range and the White and Inyo Mountains, western Nevada and Eastern California. Journal of Paleontology 43(3):716-726 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |