D2051 CO. Meiklejohn mud-mound flanking bed: Whiterockian, Nevada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Trilobita
- Phacopida
- Pliomeridae
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Pliomerops cf. canadensis
(Billings 1859)
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Nye |
| Coordinates: | 36.9° North, 116.7° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 6.4° South, 82.4° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Ordovician | ||
| 10 m.y. bin: | Ordovician 2-4 | ||
| Key time interval: | Whiterockian | Brachiopod zone: | Orthidiella |
| Age range of interval: | 470 - 457 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Pogonip | Formation: | Antelope Valley | ||
| Regional section: | Lower Antelope Valley Limestone | Regional bed: | 0-20 ft | ||
| Regional order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Lower Antelope Valley Limestone, top 20 ft of the member, Orthidiella Zone, Early Whiterockian | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
| Lithology description: flanking bed of the mud-mound | |
| Environment: | perireef or subreef |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | USGS |
Metadata
| Also known as: | USGS D 2051 CO | ||
| Database number: | 80080 | ||
| Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2008-04-02 05:19:25 | Last modified: | 2023-09-05 14:25:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2008-04-02 05:19:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25409. | R. J. Ross, Jr. 1972. Fossils from the Ordovician bioherm at Meiklejohn Peak, Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 685 [S. Finnegan/S. Finnegan/U. Merkel] |