USNM 10759. Rabbit Hill (Devonian of the United States)

Also known as Loc. 4814, J52-5

Where: Eureka County, Nevada (40.1° N, 116.4° W: paleocoordinates 19.4° S, 60.1° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Spinoplasia brachiopod zone, Lower Member (Rabbit Hill Limestone Formation), Siegen (412.3 - 409.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the USNM

• Collectors: J. G. Johnson, 1957, 1958; M.A. Murphy, 1957; E. L. Winterer,

•1957, 1962; H. Masursky, 1960; N. G. Lane, 1962; A. J. Boucot, 1963.

Primary reference: J. G. Johnson. 1970. Great Basin Lower Devonian Brachiopoda. Geological Society of America Special Paper (131)1-421 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164731: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 14.12.2014

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Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
 Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
 Strophomenida -
"Strophochonetes" sp. Muir-Wood 1962
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Spinoplasia roeni Johnson 1970
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina "sp. B" Havlicek 1953
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Levenea navicula Johnson 1970
 Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Leptocoelia murphyi Johnson 1970
Leptocoelina squamosa Johnson 1970
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula spp. BruguiƩre 1797