Where: Nevada (40.6° N, 117.0° W: paleocoordinates 11.9° N, 38.3° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Antler Peak Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)
• UCMP Locality V94012 occurs between strata containing fusulinid foraminifera (Verville et al., 1986). The several species of Schwagerina confirm a Wolfcampian age for UCMP 140632, consistent with the established geologic range of Helicoprion.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, brown siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by R.T. Ashinhurst; reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: R. A. Hanger, E. E. Strong, and R. T. Ashinhurst. 1994. Helicoprion sp. from the Pennsylvanian and Permian Antler Peak Limestone, Lander County, Nevada. United States Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-436:24-31 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 130655: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.07.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes | |
"Helicoprion nevadensis" = Helicoprion bessonowi
"Helicoprion nevadensis" = Helicoprion bessonowi Karpinsky 1899 chimaera |