Also known as Reef 3870
Where: Clark County, Nevada (36.7° N, 114.9° W: paleocoordinates 25.2° S, 56.5° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Piute Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)
• uppermost part of the formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified dolomite and lithified, dolomitic limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: S. H. Frost and R. L. Langenheim, Jr. 1966. Paleontology of the Stringocephalus biostrome, Piute Formation (Middle Devonian), Arrow Canyon Range, Clark County, Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 40(4):911-930 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83979: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.09.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Stromatoporoidea | |
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Idiostroma sp. Winchell 1867 stromatoporoid sponge | |
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Actinostroma sp. Nicholson 1886 stromatoporoid sponge | |
| Anthozoa | |
Temnophyllum waltheri n. sp.
Temnophyllum waltheri n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1966 horn coral | |
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Thamnopora limitaris tabulate coral | |
| Rhynchonellata | |
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Gypidula (Gypidula) sp. Hall 1867 | |
Ladjia cordillera n. sp.
Ladjia cordillera n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1966 | |
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Stringocephalus nevadensis n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1966
"? Rensselandia sp." = Newberria
Rensselandia cloudi n. sp. Frost and Langenheim 1966 | |