Denay L.S. (Devonian), Section V, Sample 55, N. Antelope Range, Nevada: Eifelian, Nevada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Strophomenata
- Strophomenida
- Strophodontidae
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Parapholidostrophia sp.
Johnson 1971
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Strophomenata
- Productida
- Productellidae
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Productella ? sp.
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Karpinskiidae
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Vagrania gronbergi
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Rhynchonellata
- Atrypida
- Atrypidae
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Spinatrypa talis
Johnson 1970
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Variatrypa sp.
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| Variatrypa spp." | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Ambocoeliidae
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Cyrtinoides septata
(Johnson et al. 1980)
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Emanuella sp.
Grabau 1923
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| "Emanuella spp." | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Xenomartiniidae
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Delthyris cf. vijaicus
Khodalevich 1951
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| recombined as Quadrithyris vijaicus | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferida
- Reticulariidae
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Warrenella sp.
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Undispirifer ? sp.
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Rhynchonellata
- Rhynchonellida
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Rhynchonellida indet.
Kuhn 1949
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Rhynchonellata
- Spiriferinida
- Cyrtinidae
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Cyrtina sp.
Davidson 1858
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| "Cyrtina sp. (pauciplicata)" | ||||||||||
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Schizophoriidae
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Schizophoria sp.
King 1850
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Rhynchonellata
- Orthida
- Draboviidae
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Vallomyonia devonica
(Walcott 1884)
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Rhynchonellata
- Pentamerida
- Clorindidae
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Pentamerella wintereri
Johnson 1966
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Athyrididae
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Leptathyris circula
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Rhynchonellata
- Athyridida
- Nucleospiridae
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Nucleospira sp.
Hall 1859
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Conodonta
- Prioniodontida
- Icriodontidae
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Pelekysgnathus linguiformis
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Pelekysgnathus intermedius
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Pelekysgnathus parawebbi
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Pelekysgnathus robusticostatus
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Icriodus indet.
Branson and Mehl 1938
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Conodonta
- Belodellida
- Belodellidae
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Belodella sp.
Ethington 1959
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Conodonta
- Ozarkodinida
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Ozarkodina ? raaschi
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Conodonta
- Ozarkodinida
- Polygnathidae
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Polygnathus sp.
Hinde 1879
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Polygnathus costatus
Klapper 1971
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Anthozoa
- Rugosa
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Rugosa indet.
Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
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Anthozoa
- Favositida
- Alveolitidae
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Alveolitinae indet.
Duncan 1872
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Eureka |
| Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 116.2° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.0° South, 55.2° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Devonian | Epoch: | Middle Devonian |
| Stage: | Eifelian | 10 m.y. bin: | Devonian 3 |
| *Period: | Middle Devonian | ||
| Key time interval: | Eifelian | Zone: | australis |
| Age range of interval: | 393.30000 - 387.70000 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Denay Limestone | ||||
| Local section: | VD | Local bed: | 152 | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Johnson et. al. (1996) list this bed as "Section Prefix: VD, Sample number: 55, Nearest Foot: 152, Meters in section: 46.2". It is assumed that the nearest foot and meter measurements are referenced from the base of their Section V, as shown in Figures 2 and 3. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | planar lamination lithified argillaceous mudstone |
| Secondary lithology: | conglomerate |
| Lithology description: platy, argillaceous lime mudstone (basinal facies) interbedded with lime clast conglomerates (slope-dervied debris flows) | |
| Environment: | basinal (carbonate) |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils,some microfossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:brachiopod, coral and conodont taxa, only | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 5295 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Miller | Enterer: | D. Carlson |
| Modifier: | C. Ferguson | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 1999-09-21 08:01:20 | Last modified: | 2004-03-13 22:45:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2000-11-20 13:53:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 122. | J. G. Johnson, G. Klapper, and M. Elrick. 1996. Devonian Transgressive-Regressive Cycles and Biostratigraphy, Northern Antelope Range, Nevada: Establishment of Reference Horizons for Global Cycles. Palaios 11(1):3-14 [A. Miller/D. Carlson/A. Clement] |