UCMP loc. A-9445, Andy Hills, Cottonwood Range (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Inyo County, California (36.7° N, 117.5° W: paleocoordinates 16.5° S, 56.6° W)

When: Quartz Spring Member (Lost Burro Formation), Famennian (372.2 - 358.9 Ma)

• Quartz Spring sandstone member of Lost Burro formation.

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy quartzite and black limestone

• about 10 feet thick, of black limestone interbedded with quartzite and sandstone.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Collection methods: bulk

Primary reference: R. L. Langenheim, Jr. and H. Tischler. 1960. Mississippian and Devonian paleontology and stratigraphy, Quartz Spring area Inyo County, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 38(2):89-152 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 226741: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 25.07.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Trigonotretidae
"Spirifer strigosus" = Spirifer (Trigonotreta) strigosus
"Spirifer strigosus" = Spirifer (Trigonotreta) strigosus Meek 1860
Anthozoa
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp.
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral