USGS loc. M81, Parker Rock, Klamath Mountains (Silurian of the United States)

Also known as Reef 2408; Lovers Leap area

Where: Siskiyou County, California (41.4° N, 122.7° W: paleocoordinates 6.5° S, 67.0° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gazelle Formation, Ludlow (427.4 - 423.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, argillaceous limestone

• Small limestone outcrop.

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: C. W. Merriam. 1972. Silurian rugose corals of the Klamath Mountains region, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 738:1-50 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79735: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.03.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Favositida - Favositidae
Favosites sp.
Favosites sp. Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
"massive"
 Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp.
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Heliolitidae
Heliolites sp.
Heliolites sp. Dana 1846 tabulate coral
 Heliolitida - Halysitidae
"Halysites (Catenipora) sp." = Catenipora
"Halysites (Catenipora) sp." = Catenipora Lamarck 1816 tabulate coral
Rhynchonellata
 Pentamerida - Subrianidae
Conchidium sp., "Conchidium cf. biloculare" = Conchidium bilocularis
Conchidium sp. Oehlert 1887
"Conchidium cf. biloculare" = Conchidium bilocularis Hisinger 1799
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
"? Atrypella sp." = Atrypoidea
"? Atrypella sp." = Atrypoidea Mitchell and Dun 1920
Rostroconchia
 Conocardiida - Conocardiidae
Conocardium sp.
Conocardium sp. Bronn 1835
"small"
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae
Ruedemannia cf. lirata
Ruedemannia cf. lirata Ulrich and Scofield 1897 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Mesocoelia cf. janus, Murchisonia sp.
Mesocoelia cf. janus Perner 1907 snail
Murchisonia sp. d'Archiac and de Verneuil 1841 snail
 Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae
Hormotoma sp.
Hormotoma sp. Salter 1859 snail
 Murchisoniina - Luciellidae
Prosolarium sp.
Prosolarium sp. Perner 1903 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Malletiidae
Malletiidae indet.
Malletiidae indet. Adams and Adams 1858 clam
"Nuculites or Palaeonella"