Acrospiriferid-Leptocoelid biofacies, Rabbit Hill Ls. (Devonian of the United States)

Where: Nevada (38.9° N, 117.9° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 26.5° S, 86.8° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: kindlei zone, Rabbit Hill Limestone Formation, Pragian (410.8 - 407.6 Ma)

• "Pragian (~Siegenian) (lower kindlei Conodont Zone)"

Environment/lithology: marine; gray, yellow, silty limestone

• "beds
• thin-bedded tan and yellow-weathering silty ls w/some interbedded gray flaggy ls

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 602: authorized by Jack Sepkoski, entered by Mike Sommers on 06.04.1999

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Taxonomic list

• "J.G. Johnson, 1974. Early Dev brach biofacies of western and arctic North America. J.Paleo 48:809-819. J.G. Johnson, 1965. Lower Dev. strat. and correlation, northern Simpson Park Range, NV. Bull. Can. Petrol. Geol. 13:365-381"
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Stromatoporoidea
 Amphiporida - Amphiporidae
Amphipora sp.
Amphipora sp. Schulz 1883 stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Laccophyllidae
Syringaxon sp.
Syringaxon sp. Lindström 1882 horn coral
Scyphozoa
 Conulariida - Conulariidae
Conularia sp.
Conularia sp. Miller 1820 jellyfish
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Leptocoeliidae
Leptocoelia sp., Leptocoelina sp.
Leptocoelia sp.
2 species
Leptocoelina sp. Johnson 1970
 Rhynchonellida - Eatoniidae
Pleiopleurina sp.
 Athyridida - Meristellidae
Meristella sp.
 Athyridida - Rhynchospirinidae
Trematospira sp., Pseudoparazyga sp.
Pseudoparazyga sp. Johnson 1970
 Athyridida - Anoplothecidae
Coelospira sp.
Coelospira sp. Hall 1863
 Spiriferinida - Cyrtinidae
Cyrtina sp.
Cyrtina sp. Davidson 1858
 Terebratulida - Centronellidae
Oriskania sp., Rensselaerina sp.
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
Spinoplasia sp.
 Spiriferida - Delthyrididae
Howellella sp.
Howellella sp. Kozlowski 1946
 Spiriferida - Cyrtinopsidae
Megakozlowskiella sp.
 Spiriferida - Acrospiriferidae
? Acrospirifer sp.
? Acrospirifer sp. Wedekind 1926
originally entered as "? Acrospirifer sp."
 Orthida - Orthidae
Orthostrophella sp.
 Orthida - Rhipidomellidae
Dalejina sp.
Dalejina sp. Havlicek 1953
 Orthida - Dalmanellidae
Levenea sp.
Levenea sp. Schuchert and Cooper 1931
Strophomenata
 Orthotetida - Schuchertellidae
Schuchertella sp.
Schuchertella sp. Girty 1904
 Strophomenida - Anopliidae
Anoplia sp.
 Strophomenida - Strophochonetidae
Strophochonetes sp.
Strophochonetes sp. Muir-Wood 1962
 Strophomenida - Rafinesquinidae
Leptaena sp.
Leptaena sp. Dalman 1828
 Strophomenida - Leptostrophiidae
Leptostrophia sp.
Leptostrophia sp. Hall and Clarke 1892
 Strophomenida - Strophonellidae
? Strophonella sp.
? Strophonella sp. Hall 1879
originally entered as "? Strophonella sp."
Lingulata
 Lingulida - Lingulidae
Lingula sp.
Lingula sp. Bruguiére 1797
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras sp.
Platyceras sp. Conrad 1840 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp.
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp.
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
Trilobita
 Proetida -
Proetida indet.
Proetida indet. Fortey and Owens 1975 trilobite
indet. proetid sp.
 Odontopleurida - Odontopleuridae
Leonaspis sp.
Leonaspis sp. Richter and Richter 1917 trilobite
 Phacopida - Phacopidae
Phacops sp.
Phacops sp. Emmrich 1839 trilobite