NYC 9 (Triassic to of the United States)

Where: Nevada (38.5° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 16.0° N, 54.5° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

When: Nun Mine Member (Gabbs Formation), Norian to Norian (228.0 - 201.3 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 210697: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Annaka Clement on 15.06.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Zeilleria sp.
Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Palaeonucula sp., cf. Palaeonucula sp.
Palaeonucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam
cf. Palaeonucula sp. Quenstedt 1930 nut clam
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna sp.
Pinna sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea sp.
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
cf. Entolium sp.
cf. Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Camptonectes sp., Chlamys sp.
Camptonectes sp. Meek 1864 scallop
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Pectinida - Terquemiidae
cf. Newaagia sp.
cf. Newaagia sp. Hertlein 1952 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Mysidioptera sp., Limatula sp., Antiquilima sp.
Mysidioptera sp. Salomon 1895 file clam
Limatula sp. Wood 1839 file clam
Antiquilima sp. Cox 1943 file clam
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Meleagrinella sp.
Meleagrinella sp. Whitfield 1855 scallop
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoria sp., cf. Costatoria sp.
Myophoria sp. Bronn 1834 clam
cf. Costatoria sp. Waagen 1907 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophorelloidae
Frenguelliella sp.
Frenguelliella sp. Leanza 1942 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Schafhaeutlia sp., cf. Schafhaeutlia sp.
Schafhaeutlia sp. Cossmann 1897 clam
cf. Schafhaeutlia sp. Cossmann 1897 clam
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
cf. Megalodon sp.
cf. Megalodon sp. Sowerby 1827 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Septocardia sp.
Septocardia sp. Hall 1877 cockle
 Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Palaeocardita sp.
Palaeocardita sp. Conrad 1867 clam
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
Myophoricardium sp.
Myophoricardium sp. von Wöhrmann 1889 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Tutcheria sp.
Tutcheria sp. Cox 1946 clam
 Carditida - Cardiniidae
cf. Isopristes sp.
cf. Isopristes sp. Nicol and Allen 1953 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ammonoidea -
Ammonoidea indet.
 Aulacocerida - Aulacoceratidae
Aulacoceras sp.
Aulacoceras sp. von Hauer 1847 belemnite