Where: Eureka County, Nevada (39.2° N, 116.2° W: paleocoordinates 24.7° S, 55.2° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: australis zone, Denay Limestone Formation, Eifelian (391.9 - 388.1 Ma)
• Johnson et. al. (1996) list this bed as "Section Prefix: VW, Sample number: 69, Nearest Foot: 200, Meters in section: 61.0". 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.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, argillaceous mudstone and conglomerate
Primary reference: 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] more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 5301: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Donna Carlson on 21.09.1999