Where: Lincoln County, Nevada (38.4° N, 114.7° W: paleocoordinates 9.7° S, 51.7° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Joana Limestone Member (White Pine Shale Formation), Kinderhookian to Kinderhookian (358.9 - 343.0 Ma)
• Name of the formation is in debate (according to this paper). Either Joana Limestone is a member of the White Pine Shale or it is a formation of its own. Eastern NV stratigraphic subcommittee recommended the former.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray limestone
Primary reference: G. V. Chilingar and H. J. Bissell. 1957. Mississippian Joana Limestone of Cordilleran miogeosyncline and use of Ca/Mg ratio in correlation. Bulleting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists 41(10):2257-2274 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 5752: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 19.11.1999
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Spiriferina sp. d'Orbigny 1847 | |
Nucleospira sp. Hall 1859 | |
Athyris lamellosa Léveillé 1835 | |
Strophomenata | |
Chonetes logani Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
Gastropoda | |
"Euomphalus aff. spergenensis" = Straparollus spergenensis
"Euomphalus aff. spergenensis" = Straparollus spergenensis Hall 1856 snail | |
Trilobita | |
Exochops portlocki Meek and Worthen 1865 trilobite | |
Anthozoa | |
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
Syringopora surcularia Girty 1899 tabulate coral | |
Koninckophyllum sp. Thomson and Nicholson 1876 horn coral | |
Lithostrotionella castelnaui Hayasaka 1936 horn coral |