Where: Nye County, Nevada (38.2° N, 115.2° W: paleocoordinates 2.3° S, 50.2° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Cavusgnathus altus - Hindeodus penescitulus zone, unnamed carbonate unit Member, Meramecian (345.0 - 336.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal, gray wackestone and packstone

Preservation: replaced with silica

Reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: W. J. Sando. 1993. Coralliferous carbonate shelves of Mississippian age, west side of Antler Orogen, central Nevada. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1988-F:1-34 [J. Alroy/M. Sommers] more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 6297: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Mike Sommers on 24.02.2000

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