Where: Elko County, Nevada (40.4° N, 114.8° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 24.8° N, 35.1° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Thaynes Group, Smithian (249.9 - 248.1 Ma)
• Latest Smithian P. augustum beds with Xenoceltites subevolutus and Pseudosageceras augustum.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lime mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: Repository: Paleontological Institute and Museum, University of Zurich (PIMUZ)
Primary reference: C. Romano, J. F. Jenks, R. Jattiot, T. M. Scheyer, K. G. Bylund and H. Bucher. 2017. Marine Early Triassic Actinopterygii from Elko County (Nevada, USA): implications for the Smithian equatorial vertebrate eclipse. Journal of Paleontology 91:1025-1046 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 188754: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.09.2017
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
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