Also known as SF 276

Where: Nye County, Nevada (37.1° N, 116.5° W: paleocoordinates 6.4° S, 82.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lichenaria - Eofletcheria brachiopod zone, Unit I Member (Eureka Formation), Whiterockian (470.0 - 457.3 Ma)

• Whiterockian; Unit I of Johnson and Hibbard, 1957.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Collected by J. Ross, Jr.

Collection methods: surface (float),

Primary reference: R. J. Ross, Jr. and C. R. Longwell. 1964. Middle and Lower Ordovician Formations in Southernmost Nevada and Adjacent California. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1180-C:C1-C101 [S. Finnegan/S. Finnegan/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 104329: authorized by Seth Finnegan, entered by Seth Finnegan on 07.02.2011, edited by Melanie Hopkins and Jonathan Marcot

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