Where: White Pine County, Nevada (39.5° N, 115.1° W: paleocoordinates 14.1° N, 36.3° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Loray Formation, Kungurian (279.3 - 272.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandy limestone and limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: replaced with silica
Primary reference: T. V. Mayou. 1967. Paleontology of the Permian Loray Formation in White Pine County, Nevada. Brigham Young University Research Studies, Geology Series 14:101-122 [D. Bottjer/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38825: authorized by David Bottjer, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.05.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Euphemites crenulates" = Euphemites crenulatus
"Euphemites crenulates" = Euphemites crenulatus Yochelson 1960 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Aviculopinna sagitta" = Meekopinna sagitta
"Aviculopinna sagitta" = Meekopinna sagitta Chronic 1952 oyster | |
Stenolaemata | |
Fenestella sp. Lonsdale 1839 | |