Discophyllum locality, Emigrant Pass, Nopah Range: Dyeran, California
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Paropsonemidae
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cf. Discophyllum sp.
Hall 1847
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Trilobita
- Redlichiida
- Biceratopsidae
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Bristolia sp.
Harrington 1956
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | California | County: | Inyo |
| Coordinates: | 35.9° North, 116.1° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.9° South, 97.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Series 2 |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Dyeran | Trilobite zone: | Bolbonelellus euryparia |
| Age range of interval: | 514.8 - 511 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | green cherty/siliceous mudstone | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Collection methods: | surface (float),field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 230298 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Marcot | Enterer: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2023-06-06 11:48:22 | Last modified: | 2023-06-06 11:48:22 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2023-06-06 11:48:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 84968. | B. S. Lieberman, R. Kurkewicz, H. Shinogle, J. Kimmig, and B. Anraoi MacGabhann. 2017. Disc-shaped fossils resembling porpitids or eldonids from the early Cambrian (Series 2: Stage 4) of western USA. PeerJ 5:e3312 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot] |