PLR35, Palomino Ridge section 2: Smithian, Nevada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Saurichthyiformes
- Saurichthyidae
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Saurichthys sp.
Agassiz 1834
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| PIMUZ A/I 4397 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Elko |
| Coordinates: | 40.4° North, 114.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 11.3° North, 38.6° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Early Triassic |
| Stage: | Olenekian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 1 |
| Key time interval: | Smithian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 251.2 - 248.9 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Thaynes | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Latest Smithian P. augustum beds with Xenoceltites subevolutus and Pseudosageceras augustum. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified lime mudstone |
| Lithology description: Thin-bedded dark limestone within black shales | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich (PIMUZ) | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 188754 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Clapham | Enterer: | M. Clapham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2017-09-15 22:31:40 | Last modified: | 2017-09-15 22:31:40 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2017-09-15 22:31:40 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 63373. | C. Romano, J. F. Jenks, R. Jattiot, T. M. Scheyer, K. G. Bylund and H. Bucher. 2017. Marine Early Triassic Actinopterygii from Elko County (Nevada, USA): implications for the Smithian equatorial vertebrate eclipse. Journal of Paleontology 91:1025-1046 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |