Favret Canyon, Augusta Mountains, Bed HB 0: Bithynian, Nevada
collected 1993
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes
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Parvidiabolus aff. onvexus
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Cuny et al. 2001 | ||||||
Labascicorona sp.
Johns 1997
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Cuny et al. 2001 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Polyacrodontidae
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Polyacrodus informal sp. A
Jaekel 1889
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Polyacrodus informal sp. B
Jaekel 1889
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Polyacrodus tregoi n. sp.
Rieppel et al. 1996
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Hybodontidae
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? Hybodus sp.
Agassiz 1834
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Cuny et al. 2001 | ||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
- Acrodontidae
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Acrodus cf. oreodontus
Wemple 1906
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Acrodus cf. vermicularis
Stensio 1921
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Acrodus spitzbergensis
Hulke 1873
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Acrodus cuneocostatus n. sp.
Cuny et al. 2001
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Palaeobates sp.
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Cuny et al. 2001 | ||||||
Palaeobates cf. shastensis
(Bryant 1914)
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Chondrichthyes
- Hybodontiformes
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Polyacrodus bucheri n. sp.
Cuny et al. 2001
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Cuny et al. 2001 | ||||||
recombined as Omanoselache bucheri | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Synechodontiformes
- Palaeospinacidae
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? Palaeospinax sp.
Egerton 1872
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nomen dubium belonging to Palaeospinacidae | |||||||
Chondrichthyes
- Synechodontiformes
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Mucrovenator minimus n. gen., n. sp.
Cuny et al. 2001
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Chondrichthyes
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Complanicorona aff. rugosimargines
Johns 1997
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Cuny et al. 2001 | ||||||
Saurichthyiformes
- Saurichthyidae
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Saurichthys sp.
Agassiz 1834
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Ptycholepiformes
- Ptycholepididae
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? Ptycholepis sp.
Agassiz 1832
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Dipnoi
- Ceratodontidae
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Ceratodus sp.
Agassiz 1838
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Actinopteri
- Semionotiformes
- Callipurbeckiidae
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? Paralepidotus sp.
Stolley 1919
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Actinopteri
- Perleidiformes
- Colobodontidae
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Colobodus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Palaeonisciformes
- Birgeriidae
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Birgeria sp.
Stensiƶ 1919
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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] |