Favret Canyon, Augusta Mountains, Bed HB 0: Bithynian, Nevada
collected 1993

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
Parvidiabolus aff. onvexus
Cuny et al. 2001
Labascicorona sp. Johns 1997
Cuny et al. 2001
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
Polyacrodus informal sp. A Jaekel 1889
Polyacrodus informal sp. B Jaekel 1889
Polyacrodus tregoi n. sp. Rieppel et al. 1996
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Hybodontidae
? Hybodus sp. Agassiz 1834
Cuny et al. 2001
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Acrodus cf. oreodontus Wemple 1906
Acrodus cf. vermicularis Stensio 1921
Acrodus spitzbergensis Hulke 1873
Acrodus cuneocostatus n. sp. Cuny et al. 2001
Cuny et al. 2001
Palaeobates sp.
Cuny et al. 2001
Palaeobates cf. shastensis (Bryant 1914)
Chondrichthyes - Hybodontiformes
Polyacrodus bucheri n. sp. Cuny et al. 2001
Cuny et al. 2001
recombined as Omanoselache bucheri
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes - Palaeospinacidae
? Palaeospinax sp. Egerton 1872
nomen dubium belonging to Palaeospinacidae
Chondrichthyes - Synechodontiformes
Mucrovenator minimus n. gen., n. sp. Cuny et al. 2001
Cuny et al. 2001
Chondrichthyes
Complanicorona aff. rugosimargines Johns 1997
Cuny et al. 2001
Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Saurichthys sp. Agassiz 1834
Ptycholepiformes - Ptycholepididae
? Ptycholepis sp. Agassiz 1832
Dipnoi - Ceratodontidae
Ceratodus sp. Agassiz 1838
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Callipurbeckiidae
? Paralepidotus sp. Stolley 1919
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
Colobodus sp. Agassiz 1843
Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
Birgeria sp. Stensiƶ 1919
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada County:Pershing
Coordinates: 40.1° North, 117.6° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.0° North, 41.3° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Middle Triassic
Stage:Anisian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 2
Key time interval:Bithynian
Age range of interval:247.20000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Star Peak Formation:Favret Member:Fossil Hill
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Bed HB 0, basal Fossil Hill Member. Base of the middle Anisian (Mactaggarti subzone).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified grainstone
Lithology description: litharenite with black limestone pebbles
Environment:offshore indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:FMNH
Collection dates:1993
Metadata
Database number:93564
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Clapham Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-25 06:03:32 Last modified:2013-07-02 17:16:34
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-25 06:03:32
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

43718. O. Rieppel, R. Kindlimann, and H. Bucher. 1996. A new fossil fish fauna from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of north-western Nevada. In G. Arratia, G. Viohl (eds.), Mesozoic Fishes - Systematics and Paleoecology 501-512 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

31695 G. Cuny, O. Rieppel, and P. M. Sander. 2001. The shark fauna from the Middle Triassic (Anisian) of north-western Nevada. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 133:285-301 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]