USNM Locality 1p. 3 miles southeast of Barrel Spring, half mile east of road.: Dyeran, Nevada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Eoorthidae
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Nisusia (Jamesella) argenta n. sp.
Walcott 1905
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Paterinata
- Paterinida
- Paterinidae
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Micromitra (Paterina) prospectensis
(Walcott 1884)
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Trilobita
- Redlichiida
- Olenellidae
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Olenellus fremonti
Walcott 1910
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Olenellus gilberti
White 1874
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Esmeralda |
| Coordinates: | 37.5° North, 117.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 1.1° South, 95.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cambrian | Epoch: | Series 2 |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cambrian 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Dyeran | Trilobite zone: | Bonnia - Olenellus |
| Age range of interval: | 514.8 - 511 m.y. ago |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified silty "limestone" | ||
| Lithology description: shaly limestone containing fragments of Olenellus. | |||
| Environment: | offshore indet. | Tectonic setting: | passive margin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | mold/impression |
| Lagerst�tten type: | conservation |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (float),surface (in situ) |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | LACM,TMM,UCMP,USNM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 203344 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Wagner | Enterer: | P. Wagner |
| Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2019-08-12 23:00:04 | Last modified: | 2022-07-03 15:26:10 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-08-12 23:00:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 13472. | C. D. Walcott. 1912. Cambrian Brachiopoda. United States Geological Survey Monograph 51(1-2) [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 69731 | A. J. Rowell. 1977. Early Cambrian Brachiopods from the Southwestern Great Basin of California and Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 51(1):68-85 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner] |