UCMP loc. M-7289, near Mud Spring, Palmetto Mountains: Dyeran, Nevada
collected by P. W. Signor
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Polychaeta
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Esmeralda |
| Coordinates: | 37.5° North, 117.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 32.4° North, 141.3° West (Wright 2013) | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Series 2 |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Dyeran | Trilobite zone: | Nevadella |
| Age range of interval: | 515.3 - 509.7 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Poleta | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Middle Member ofthe Poleta Formation, Nevadella Zone, western Nevada |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified silty mudstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | offshore | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | life position |
| Spatial resolution: | autochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ) |
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP |
| Collectors: | P. W. Signor |
Metadata
| Database number: | 227038 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Marcot |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2022-08-23 13:53:01 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2022-08-23 13:53:01 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 82463. | P. W. Signor and M. A. S. McMenamin. 1988. The Early Cambrian Worm Tube Onuphionella from California and Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 62(2):233-240 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |