Where: Clark County County, Nevada (36.3° N, 115.4° W: paleocoordinates 2.6° N, 44.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bird Spring Formation, Morrowan (323.2 - 318.6 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Collection methods: bulk, chemical
Primary reference: N. G. Lane. 1963. A Silicified Morrowan Brachiopod Faunule from the Bird Spring Formation, Southern Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 37(2):379-392 [N. Bonuso/P. Monarrez]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 141798: authorized by Nicole Bonuso, entered by Pedro Monarrez on 01.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Composita ovata Mather 1915 | |
Spiriferellina lata Lane 1963 | |
Anthracospirifer birdspringensis Lane 1963 | |
Strophomenata | |
Orthotetes occidentalis Lane 1963 |