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C-Shale Mb, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)37.8017,-114.574
Co-ordinates Derivationbased on nearby landmark
Given LocationNevada, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Lincoln County, Nevada, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
C-Shale Mb, Pioche Fm., Ruin Wash, Chief Range, NV - Palmer 1999Palmer A. R. (1999)Pioche - C-ShaleFossiliferous horizon is in the lower2 meters of the C-Shale Member. Th horizons upper boundary marks the Laurentian extinction of the Olenellida and the Dyeran/Delamaran boundary."shale"516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Tuzoia sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Tuzoia516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Canadaspis sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Canadaspidida : Canadaspididae : Canadaspis516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Perspicaris sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Canadaspidida : Perspicaris516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Anomalocarididae
family
Animalia : Arthropoda : Radiodonta : Anomalocarididae516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Anomalocaris sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Anomalocarididae : Anomalocaris516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Corynexochidae
family
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Corynexochidae516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Oryctocephalidae
family
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Oryctocephalidae516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Bolbolenellus sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Bolbolenellus516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Nephrolenellus sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Nephrolenellus516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Olenellus sp.
genus
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Olenellus516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Olenellus gilberti
species
Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Redlichiida : Olenellidae : Olenellus : Olenellus gilberti516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Brachiopoda
phylum
Animalia : Brachiopoda516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
Ottoia sp.
genus
Animalia : Ottoiidae : Ottoia516 - 513 Ma
Cambrian

References

Palmer A. R. (1999) Ruin Wash, Chief Range Nevada, Laurentia 99: V field conference of the Cambrian Stage Subdivision Working Group, International Subcomission on Cambrian Stratigraphy, 24-25
Moore R. A., Lieberman B. S. (2009) Preservation of early and Middle Cambrian soft-bodied arthropods from the Pioche Shale, Nevada, USA, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 277, 57-62
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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