Also known as JFM64520C
Where: Inyo County, California (36.3° N, 116.6° W: paleocoordinates 28.1° S, 58.3° W)
When: h6 Member (Hidden Valley Dolomite Formation), Late/Upper Emsian (402.5 - 391.9 Ma)
• Hidden Valley Dolomite, upper member, interval 35-50 ft below top of formation in measured section
Environment/lithology: gray, cherty/siliceous dolomite
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite, original phosphate, replaced with dolomite, replaced with silica
Collected by J. F. McAllister in 1964; reposited in the USGS
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: J. F. McAllister. 1974. Silurian, Devonian, and Mississippian Formations of the Funeral Mountains in the Ryan Quadrangle, Death Valley Region, California. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1386:1-35 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 225967: authorized by Jonathan Marcot, entered by Jonathan Marcot on 09.06.2022
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Conodonta | |
Icriodus symmetricus Branson and Mehl 1934 conodont | |
Spathognathodus sp. Branson and Mehl 1941 conodont | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Meristella cf. robertsensis Merriam 1940 | |
Anthozoa | |
Siphonophrentis (Breviphrentis) invaginatus Stumm 1937 horn coral | |
Papiliophyllum elegantulum Stumm 1937 horn coral |