Where: Elko County, Nevada (40.1° N, 114.8° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 24.5° N, 35.1° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Thaynes Group, Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• immediately after the Smithian/Spathian boundary; Thaynes Group characterized by alternating limestones and shales

Environment/lithology: offshore; shale

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original phosphate

Primary reference: C. P. A. Smith, T. Laville, E. Fara, G. Escarguel, N. Olivier, E. Vennin, N. Goudemand, K. G. Bylund, J. F. Jenks, D. A. Stephen, M. Hautmann, S. Charbonnier, L. J. Krumenacker and A. Brayard. 2021. Exceptional fossil assemblages confirm the existence of complex Early Triassic ecosystems during the early Spathian. Scientific Reports 11(19657) [B. Seuss/B. Seuss/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 211753: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 27.07.2020

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