Where: Nevada (39.9° N, 116.3° W: paleocoordinates 16.8° S, 62.0° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Roberts Mountains Formation, Lochkovian (419.2 - 410.8 Ma)
• Unit 3 of type section of Roberts Mountains Fm.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Reposited in the USGS
Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,
Primary reference: A. E. H. Pedder and M. A. Murphy. 1997. Lochkovian Rugosa of Nevada. Geological Society of America Special Paper 321:341-385 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 36965: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 20.02.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Conodonta | |
Belodella sp. Ethington 1959 conodont | |
Anthozoa | |
Tryplasma duncanae Merriam 1973 horn coral | |
Stylopleura berthiaumi n. sp. Merriam 1973 horn coral | |
Lyrielasma sp. Hill 1939 horn coral
Neomphyma sp. Soshkina 1937 horn coral
Tonkinaria simpsoni n. sp. Merriam 1973 horn coral |