Also known as Locality 23 of Hewett 1956
Where: Clark County, Nevada (35.7° N, 115.4° W: paleocoordinates 2.2° N, 45.1° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Bird Spring Formation, Early/Lower Pennsylvanian (323.2 - 315.2 Ma)
Environment/lithology: offshore; carbonate
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the USNM
Primary reference: D. F. Hewett. 1956. Geology and mineral resources of the Ivanpah quadrangle, California and Nevada. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 275:1-172 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 229445: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 11.03.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Lingulata | |
"Lingulodiscina aff. missouriensis" = Orbiculoidea missouriensis
"Lingulodiscina aff. missouriensis" = Orbiculoidea missouriensis Shumard 1858 misspelled/corrected as "Lingulidiscina"
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Strophomenata | |
"Marginifera aff. muricata" = Desmoinesia muricatina
"Marginifera aff. muricata" = Desmoinesia muricatina Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
"Avonia ? arkansana" = Buxtonia arkansana
"Avonia ? arkansana" = Buxtonia arkansana Girty 1910 | |
"Productus ovatus" = Linoproductus ovatus
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Chonetes aff. laevis Keyes 1888 | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Spirifer aff. increbescens Hall 1858 | |
Hustedia "n. sp?" Hall and Clarke 1893
Hustedia aff. mormoni Marcou 1858 | |
Composita aff. subquadrata Hall 1858 | |
"Spiriferina aff. spinosa" = Reticulariina spinosa
"Spiriferina aff. spinosa" = Reticulariina spinosa Norwood and Pratten 1855 | |
Rhynchopora aff. beecheri George 1904 | |
Bivalvia | |
Aviculopecten sp. M'Coy 1851 scallop | |
Ostracoda | |
Paraparchites sp. Ulrich and Bassler 1906 ostracod | |
Trilobita | |
Griffithides aff. ornatus Vogdes 1895 trilobite |