Nileus Beds, Ikes Canyon, Toquima Range: Whiterockian, Nevada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Tarphycerida - Trocholitidae
Litoceras cf. adamsi
Litoceras huygenae
Cephalopoda - Oncocerida - Graciloceratidae
Leonardoceras parvum n. gen., n. sp. Flower 1968
Cephalopoda - Orthocerida - Baltoceratidae
Bactroceras wilsoni Flower 1968
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada County:Nye
Coordinates: 39.1° North, 116.7° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:5.7° South, 80.4° West
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Ordovician
10 m.y. bin: Ordovician 2-4
Key time interval: Whiterockian Brachiopod zone:  Paralenorthis - Orthidiella
Age range of interval: 470 - 457 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Pogonip Formation:Antelope Valley Member:Nileus Beds
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:carbonate indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:autochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collection method comments: RHF = collection of Rousseau H. Flower, transferred to the Smithsonian Institution/U.S. National Museum (see Wolberg, 1990, J. Paleont. 64(3, 5, 6))
Metadata
Database number:233163
Authorizer:P. Wagner Enterer:P. Wagner
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2024-01-16 22:02:44 Last modified:2024-01-16 22:02:44
Access level:the public Released:2024-01-16 22:02:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
87227. R. H. Flower. 1968. Some additional Whiterock Cephalopoda. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources. Memoir 19:17-55 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]