Where: Nevada (40.5° N, 118.1° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 25.2° N, 38.3° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: hyatti ammonoid zone, Fossil Hill Member (Prida Formation), Bithynian (245.0 - 244.2 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, lenticular, gray limestone and lithified siliciclastic
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by N.J. Silberling in 1956-1965; reposited in the USNM
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: N. J. Silberling and K. M. Nichols. 1982. Middle Triassic Molluscan Fossils of Biostratigraphic Significance from the Humboldt Range, Northwestern Nevada. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1207 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 40754: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 30.06.2004, edited by Matthew Clapham and Christina Feng
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Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Alanites mulleri, Alanites obesus n. sp.
Alanites mulleri Silberling and Nichols 1982 ceratite
Alanites obesus n. sp. Silberling and Nichols 1982 ceratite | |
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Gymnites perplanus Meek 1877 ceratite | |
Isculites tozeri n. sp.
Isculites tozeri n. sp. Silberling and Nichols 1982 ceratite | |
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"Cuccoceras bonaevistae" = Platycuccoceras bonaevistae
"Cuccoceras bonaevistae" = Platycuccoceras bonaevistae Hyatt and Smith 1905 ceratite | |
Intornites mctaggarti McLearn 1946 ceratite | |
Ussurites cf. arthaberi Welter 1915 ammonite | |
Grypoceras whitneyi Gabb 1864 | |
? Aulametacoceras humboldtensis Silberling and Nichols 1982 |