Where: White Pine County, Nevada (39.5° N, 115.8° W: paleocoordinates 1.1° S, 49.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: D Member (Diamond Peak Formation), Meramecian (343.0 - 335.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified limestone and lithified, black shale
Reposited in the USGS
• Collected by G.H. Girty & H.G. Ferguson in June 1928. "Limestone occurring in black shale in lower part of Diamond Peak Formation. Seemingly the one mentioned (Walcott, 1884) as 200 ft above the base."
Primary reference: D. A. Brew and M. Gordon. 1971. Mississippian stratigraphy of the Diamond Peak Area, Eureka County, Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 661:1-84 [N. Heim/N. Heim]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 62674: authorized by Noel Heim, entered by Noel Heim on 25.07.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Ostracoda | |
"Paraparchites" cf. nickelsi ostracod
"Paraparchites" aff. cyclopeus Girty 1910 ostracod ""Paraparchites" n. sp. aff. "P" cyclopeus Girty 1910"
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? Sansabella sp. ostracod | |
"Bairdia" sp. M'Coy 1844 ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
Kaskia sp. Weller 1936 trilobite | |
Stenolaemata | |
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839 | |
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Rhynchonellata | |
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Schizophoria sp. King 1850 | |
Composita sp. Brown 1849
Cleiothyridina "sp. A" Buckman 1906 | |
Hustedia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
? Cranaena sp. Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
Beecheria sp. Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
Coledium therum Walcott 1884 | |
Camarotoechia sp. Hall and Clarke 1893 | |
Rhynchopora sp. King 1865 | |
Punctospirifer sp. North 1920 | |
Dimegelasma eurekensis "Dimegalasma eurekense Lintz and Lohr" Cooper first spelled genus name "Dimegelasma", Lintz & Lohr spelled the species name "eurekensis"
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Crurithyris sp. George 1931 | |
Martinia sp. M'Coy 1844 | |
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Strophomenata | |
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904 | |
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Krotovia sp. Fredericks 1928 | |
Quadratia hirsutiformis Walcott 1884 | |
Neochonetes "sp. A" Muir-Wood 1962
Neochonetes "sp. C" Muir-Wood 1962 | |
Lingulata | |
Bivalvia | |
Yoldia sp. Möller 1842 clam | |
Phestia sp. Chernyshev 1951 clam | |
Nuculopsis levatiformis nut clam
Nuculopsis sp. Girty 1912 nut clam | |
Schizodus sp. King 1844 clam
Schizodus curtiformis Walcott 1884 clam | |
Edmondia "sp. A" de Koninck 1841 clam
Edmondia "sp. B" de Koninck 1841 clam
Edmondia "sp. C" de Koninck 1841 clam | |
Sphenotus salteri clam
Sphenotus "sp. A" Hall 1884 clam
Sphenotus "sp. B" Hall 1884 clam
Cardiomorpha "sp. A" de Koninck 1844 clam
Cardiomorpha "sp. B" de Koninck 1844 clam | |
Modiolus nevadensis mussel | |
Septimyalina sp. Newell 1942 clam | |
Pernopecten sp. Winchell 1865 scallop | |
Streblopteria similis Walcott 1884 scallop | |
Aviculopecten pintoensis Walcott 1884 scallop
Aviculopecten haguei Walcott 1884 scallop This taxon's occurrence is questionable, as indicated by "?" in the occurence check box in faunal list
Aviculopecten eurekensis Walcott 1884 scallop
Aviculopecten affinis Walcott 1884 scallop | |
Rostroconchia | |
Conocardium sp. Bronn 1835 | |
Gastropoda | |
Stegocoelia "sp. A" Donald 1889 snail
Stegocoelia "sp. B" Donald 1889 snail | |
Natacopsis (Jedria) sp. Yochelson 1953 snail
Naticopsis (Naticopsis) "sp. A" M'Coy 1844 snail
Naticopsis (? Naticopsis) "sp. B" M'Coy 1844 snail | |
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) sp." = Orthonychia
"Platyceras (Orthonychia) sp." = Orthonychia Hall 1843 snail | |
Yunnania sp. Mansuy 1912 snail
Yunnania "sp. B" Mansuy 1912 snail | |
"Pleurotomariacea "indet. A"" = Pleurotomarioidea, "Pleurotomariacea "indet. B"" = Pleurotomarioidea
"Pleurotomariacea "indet. A"" = Pleurotomarioidea Swainson 1840 snail "Pleurotomariacean gen. indet. A"
"Pleurotomariacea "indet. B"" = Pleurotomarioidea Swainson 1840 snail "Pleurotomariacean gen. indet. B"
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"Straparollus (Euomphalus) "sp. A"" = Euomphalus, "Straparollus (Euomphalus) "sp. B"" = Euomphalus
"Straparollus (Euomphalus) "sp. A"" = Euomphalus Sowerby 1814 snail
"Straparollus (Euomphalus) "sp. B"" = Euomphalus Sowerby 1814 snail | |
Bellerophon sp., "Knightites (Retispira) sp." = Retispira
Bellerophon sp. de Montfort 1808 snail
"Knightites (Retispira) sp." = Retispira Knight 1945 snail | |
Mourlonia sp., ? Mourlonia "sp. indet", ? Peruvispira sp., aff. Caliendrum sp., ? Rhineoderma "sp. indet", Lunulazona sp., "Glabrocingulum nevadense" = Ananias nevadensis, Glabrocingulum sp., ? Baylea "sp. indet", ? Trepospira "sp. indet", ? Gosseletina "sp. A", ? Gosseletina "sp. B"
Mourlonia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail
? Mourlonia "sp. indet" de Koninck 1883 snail
? Peruvispira sp. Chronic 1949 snail
aff. Caliendrum sp. Brown 1849 snail
? Rhineoderma "sp. indet" de Koninck 1883 snail
Lunulazona sp. Sadlick and Nielsen 1963 snail
"Glabrocingulum nevadense" = Ananias nevadensis Walcott 1884 snail This taxon's occurrence is questionable, as indicated by "?" in the occurence check box in faunal list
Glabrocingulum sp. Thomas 1940 snail
? Baylea "sp. indet" de Koninck 1881 snail
? Trepospira "sp. indet" Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
? Gosseletina "sp. A" Fischer 1885 snail
? Gosseletina "sp. B" Fischer 1885 snail | |
? Worthenia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail | |
Ianthinopsis sp. Meek and Worthen 1866 snail | |
""Loxonema" bella" = Bellazona bella
""Loxonema" bella" = Bellazona bella Walcott 1884 snail | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Plagioglypta sp. Pilsbry 1898 tusk shell | |
Cephalopoda | |
? Michelinoceras sp. Foerste 1932 | |
Cyrtothoracoceras sp. Turner 1964 | |
Tylonautilus sp. Pringle and Jackson 1928 nautiloid | |
Temnocheilus sp. M'Coy 1844 nautiloid | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Cladodus sp. Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch This taxon's occurrence is questionable, as indicated by "?" in the occurence check box in faunal list
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Echinoidea | |
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Crinoidea | |
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Anthozoa | |
Amplexizaphrentis sp. Vaughan 1906 horn coral |