Where: Nevada (39.6° N, 117.5° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 21.3° N, 39.9° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Middle Member (Augusta Mountain Formation), Julian (237.0 - 233.6 Ma)
• T. desatoyense zone (now Daxatina beds)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, argillaceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Museo di Paleontologia (MPUM), Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra “Ardito Desio”, Università degli Studi di Milano
Primary reference: M. Balini. 2008. Discovery of Upper Ladinian ammonoids at the type locality of the lower Carnian Desatoyense zone (South Canyon, New Pass Range, Nevada). Journal of Paleontology 82:176-182 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 186866: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.07.2017
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Trachyceratidae indet. Haug 1894 ceratite |