Where: Nevada (38.4° N, 118.0° W: paleocoordinates 15.1° N, 54.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Luning Formation, Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 Ma)
• Section in strata dipping 25-35° SE. Section measured from west to east along road in east limb of overturned anticline. Section cut by thrust fault.
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified framestone and lithified wackestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected by G. Stanley; reposited in the UMMP
Primary reference: G. D. Stanley, Jr. 1979. Paleoecology, structure, and distribution of Triassic coral buildups in western North America. The University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions 65:1-68 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 100412: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 09.12.2010, edited by Matthew Clapham and Wolfgang Kiessling
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Foraminifera | |
Foraminifera indet. foram | |
Nodosariata | |
cf. Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812 | |
Foraminifera | |
Spiroplectammina sp. Cushman 1927 | |
"Marginulina sp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina sp." = Cristellaria (Marginulina) d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Hydrozoa | |
Heptastylis cf. stromatoporoides, Spongiomorpha tenuis, Spongiomorpha cf. minor, Spongiomorpha gibbosa
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Anthozoa | |
"Actinastraea martini" = Guembelastraea martini
"Actinastraea martini" = Guembelastraea martini Smith 1927 stony coral | |
"Actinastraea shastensis" = Minasteria shastensis, "Elysastraea parva" = Ceriostella parva, Ceriostella martini2, Ceriostella martini1, Areaseris nevadaensis2
"Actinastraea shastensis" = Minasteria shastensis Smith 1927 stony coral
"Elysastraea parva" = Ceriostella parva Smith 1927 stony coral | |
Elysastraea cf. austriaca stony coral
Elysastraea cf. norica stony coral
Elysastraea profunda Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
"Margarastraea cf. norica" = Stuoresimorpha norica
"Margarastraea cf. norica" = Stuoresimorpha norica Frech 1890 stony coral | |
"Spongiomorpha dendriformis" = Eocomoseris ramosa
"Spongiomorpha dendriformis" = Eocomoseris ramosa Frech 1890 stony coral | |
Astraeomorpha confusa Winckler 1861 stony coral Astraeomorpha confusa and Astraeomorpha confusa var. minor
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Thamnasteria borealis stony coral
Thamnasteria smithi Squires 1956 stony coral | |
Pinacophyllum cf. parallelum Frech 1890 stony coral | |
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""Montlivaltia" marmorea" = Cuifia marmorea, ""Montlivaltia" norica" = Distichophyllia norica, ""Thecosmilia" fenestrata" = Retiophyllia fenestrata, ""Thecosmilia" norica" = Retiophyllia norica, ""Thecosmilia" delicatula" = Retiophyllia delicatula, "Thamnasteria norica" = Oedalmia norica
""Montlivaltia" marmorea" = Cuifia marmorea Frech 1890 stony coral
""Montlivaltia" norica" = Distichophyllia norica Frech 1890 stony coral
""Thecosmilia" fenestrata" = Retiophyllia fenestrata Reuss 1854 stony coral
""Thecosmilia" norica" = Retiophyllia norica Frech 1890 stony coral
""Thecosmilia" delicatula" = Retiophyllia delicatula Frech 1890 stony coral
"Thamnasteria norica" = Oedalmia norica Frech 1890 stony coral | |
Demospongiae | |
"Ascosymplegma expansum" = Cinnabaria expansa, "Polytholosia astoma" = Fanthalamia astoma, "Polytholosia cylindrica" = Nevadathalamia cylindrica
"Ascosymplegma expansum" = Cinnabaria expansa Seilacher 1962 demosponge
"Polytholosia astoma" = Fanthalamia astoma Seilacher 1962 demosponge
"Polytholosia cylindrica" = Nevadathalamia cylindrica Seilacher 1962 demosponge subsp. cylindrica and dialata
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Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
"Cidaridae indet." = Cidaroida
"Cidaridae indet." = Cidaroida Claus 1880 pencil urchin | |
Crinoidea | |
Isocrinus sp. von Meyer 1836 Sea lily | |
Encrinus sp. Lamarck 1801 Sea lily | |
Reptilia | |
Ichthyosaurus sp. Koenig 1818 ichthyosaur | |
Cephalopoda | |
Paranautilus sp. Mojsisovics 1902 nautiloid | |
Pleuronautilus sp. von Mojsisovics 1882 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculoidea indet. Gray 1824 clam | |
Pectinoidea indet. Rafinesque 1815 scallop | |
Ostrea sp., "Ostrea cf. montiscaprilis" = Umbrostrea montiscaprilis
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
"Ostrea cf. montiscaprilis" = Umbrostrea montiscaprilis Klipstein 1843 oyster | |
Halobia sp. Bronn 1830 oyster | |
Posidonia sp. Bronn 1828 oyster | |
Trichites sp. Lhuyd 1760 oyster | |
Cassianella sp. Beyrich 1862 oyster | |
Mytiloidea indet. Rafinesque 1815 clam | |
Cardinia sp. Agassiz 1841 clam | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhaetina gregaria3 Suess 1854 | |
Plectoconcha newbyi n. sp.3
Plectoconcha newbyi n. sp.3 Sandy and Stanley 1993 | |
Zeilleria cf. elliptica3 Zugmayer 1882 | |
Spondylospira lewesensis3 Lees 1934
Zugmayerella uncinata3 Schafhautl 1851 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod |