UCLA locality 4414, off NV Route 157 (Carboniferous of the United States)

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
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Composita ovata Mather 1915
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
 Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
 Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Orthotetidae