BISP 3 (Triassic of the United States)

Where: Nevada (38.9° N, 117.6° W: paleocoordinates 15.7° N, 53.8° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Carbonate Member (Luning Formation), Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, calcareous carbonate

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, original calcite, replaced with calcite

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

Primary reference: L. S. Tackett and D. J. Bottjer. 2016. Paleoecological succession of Norian (Late Triassic) benthic fauna in eastern Panthalassa (Luning and Gabbs Formations, west-central Nevada). Palaios 31(4):190-202 [M. Uhen/A. Clement]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 210690: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Annaka Clement on 15.06.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet.
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet.
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria sp.
Zeilleria sp. Bayle 1878
 Terebratulida - Plectoconchidae
Plectoconcha sp.
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana sp.
Nuculana sp. Link 1807 pointed nut clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula sp., cf. Palaeonucula sp.
Palaeonucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam
cf. Palaeonucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus sp.
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel
 Ostreida -
Ostreida indet.
Ostreida indet. Fërussac 1822 oyster
"oyster indet."
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
cf. Halobia sp.
cf. Halobia sp. Bronn 1830 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Bakevellia sp.
Bakevellia sp. King 1848 oyster
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Cassianella sp., cf. Septihoernesia sp.
Cassianella sp. Beyrich 1862 oyster
cf. Septihoernesia sp. Cox 1964 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp.
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Umbrostrea ? sp.
Umbrostrea ? sp. Hautmann 2001 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp.
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Pectinida - Terquemiidae
cf. Newaagia sp.
cf. Newaagia sp. Hertlein 1952 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Mysidioptera sp.
Mysidioptera sp. Salomon 1895 file clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoria sp.
Myophoria sp. Bronn 1834 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Schafhaeutlia sp.
Schafhaeutlia sp. Cossmann 1897 clam
 Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Palaeocardita sp.
Palaeocardita sp. Conrad 1867 clam
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites sp., cf. Unionites sp.
Unionites sp. Wissman 1841 clam
cf. Unionites sp. Wissman 1841 clam
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
Myophoriopis sp.
Myophoriopis sp. von Wöhrmann 1889 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet.
Ammonoidea indet. Zittel 1884 ammonite