Acrospiriferid-Leptocoelid biofacies, McColley Canyon Fm.: Emsian, Nevada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Trilobita - Phacopida - Dalmanitidae
Dalmanites sp. Barrande 1852
Trilobita - Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops sp. Emmrich 1839
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Douvillinidae
Nadiastrophia sp. Talent 1963
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Strophodontidae
Megastrophia sp. Caster 1939
Strophomenata - Strophomenida - Chonetidae
Rhynchonellata - Atrypida - Atrypidae
Atrypa sp. Dalman 1828
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferida - Spiriferidae
Spirifer sp. Sowerby 1818
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Trigonirhynchiidae
Trigonirhynchia sp. Cooper 1942
originally entered as "Trigenirhynchia sp."
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Schizophoriidae
Schizophoria sp. King 1850
Rhynchonellata - Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Levenea sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Phragmophora sp. Cooper 1955
Rhynchonellata - Pentamerida - Gypidulidae
Gypidula sp. Hall 1867
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristina sp. Hall 1867
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Streptelasmatidae
? Breviphrentis sp. Stumm 1949
originally entered as "? Breviphrentis sp."
Anthozoa - Stauriida - Amplexidae
Heterophrentis sp. Billings 1875
Anthozoa - Auloporida - Syringoporidae
Syringopora sp. Goldfuss 1826
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada
Coordinates: 38.9° North, 117.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:26.8° South, 56.7° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Early/Lower Devonian
Stage:Emsian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 2
Key time interval:Emsian Zone: Spirifer pinyonensis
Age range of interval:407.60000 - 393.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:McColley Canyon
Stratigraphy comments: "(= l. Beacon Peak Dolo.)"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: argillaceous "limestone"
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: "thin-bedded to flaggy argillaceous ls. geosyncline"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Taxonomic list comments:"Johnson (1965, 1974)"
Metadata
Database number:605
Authorizer:J. Sepkoski Enterer:M. Sommers
Modifier:J. Ju Research group:marine invertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:123277, 123278
Created:1999-04-06 11:51:37 Last modified:2017-01-03 21:39:14
Access level:the public Released:1999-04-06 11:51:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
60970. J. G. Johnson. 1965. Lower Devnian stratigraphy and correlation, northern Simpson Park Range, Nevada. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology 13:365-381 [M. Uhen/J. Ju/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

27289 J. G. Johnson. 1974. Early Devonian brachiopod biofacies of Western and Arctic North America. Journal of Paleontology 48(4):809-819 [A. Tomasovych/A. Tomasovych]