MI 9912, Dicalite Summit, Cedar Mountains (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Nevada (38.5° N, 117.8° W: paleocoordinates 15.1° N, 53.9° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Luning Formation, Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• lower limestone near coral bed

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by G.D. Stanley

• Repository: University of Montana Invertebrate Paleontology, University of Montana Paleontology Center

Primary reference: E. Roniewicz and G. D. Stanley. 2013. Upper Triassic corals from Nevada, western North America, and the implications for paleoecology and paleogeography. Journal of Paleontology 87:934-964 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 150760: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 14.09.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Distichomeandra cf. minor
Distichomeandra cf. minor Frech 1890 stony coral