Where: White Pine County, Nevada (38.8° N, 114.3° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 31.4° N, 133.6° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Altiocculus trilobite zone, E Member (Pole Canyon Formation), Delamaran (509.7 - 505.3 Ma)
• 2.60-2.80 m above base of section B6, Altiocculus subzone
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: F. A. Sundberg. 1994. Corynexochida and Ptychopariida (Trilobita, Arthropoda) of the Ehmaniella biozone (Middle Cambrian), Utah and Nevada. Contributions in Science 446:1-137 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 134253: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.10.2012
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Artiopoda | |
Parkaspis drumensis Sundberg 1994 trilobite | |
Tonkinella breviceps Kobayashi 1934 trilobite
Tonkinella valida Tchernysheva 1962 trilobite | |
Glyphaspis concavus Sundberg 1994 trilobite | |
Chanciaopsis heteromorphos Sundberg 1994 trilobite |