Where: Elko County, Nevada (41.6° N, 114.1° W: paleocoordinates 13.2° N, 36.8° W)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Dinwoody Formation, Griesbachian (251.9 - 250.5 Ma)
• Ammonoids and conodonts suggest late Griesbachian age
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified mudstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Reposited in the NMMNH
Primary reference: J. F. Jenks, T. Maekawa, D. Ware, Y. Shigeta, A. Brayard and K. G. Bylund. 2021. Late Griesbachian (Early Triassic) ammonoids and nautiloids from the Dinwoody Formation at Crittenden Springs, Elko County, Nevada. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 86:1-23 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 220329: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 20.05.2021
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Wordieoceras mullenae n. sp. Jenks et al. 2021 ceratite
Wordieoceras wordiei Spath 1930 ceratite
Kyoktites cf. hebeiseni Ware and Bucher 2018 ceratite | |
Ophimullericeras paullae n. gen. n. sp.
Ophimullericeras paullae n. gen. n. sp. Jenks et al. 2021 ceratite |