Early Carboniferous Ostracods (Crustacea) from Death Valley, California, USA
Silicified ostracods from the Tin Mountain Limestone provide new information regarding the Carboniferous paleontology of the Death Valley Region, California, USA. Acid maceration of marine limestones yielded the following ostracods: <i>Acratia</i> spp., <i>Bairdia quasilecta</i&...
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| description | Silicified ostracods from the Tin Mountain Limestone provide new information regarding the Carboniferous paleontology of the Death Valley Region, California, USA. Acid maceration of marine limestones yielded the following ostracods: <i>Acratia</i> spp., <i>Bairdia quasilecta</i>, <i>Bairdia</i> sp. cf. <i>B. orientalis</i>, <i>Ceratobairdia</i> sp., <i>Kirkbya panamintensis</i> sp. nov., <i>Rectobairdia</i> sp. cf. <i>R. legumen</i>, and <i>Silenites</i> sp. This is the first report of <i>Ceratobairdia</i> and <i>Silenites</i> from the Tin Mountain Limestone. These ostracods occupied a carbonate ramp environment that formed during a major Paleozoic transgression. The ostracods played an important paleoecological role, likely as benthic marine scavengers in a shallow marine biotope along the northern shores of Pangea. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f8f17223fb4483389e72e28de4359582023-12-01T23:44:43ZengMDPI AGGeosciences2076-32632022-08-0112830010.3390/geosciences12080300Early Carboniferous Ostracods (Crustacea) from Death Valley, California, USAMark A. S. McMenamin0Department of Geology and Geography, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA 01075, USASilicified ostracods from the Tin Mountain Limestone provide new information regarding the Carboniferous paleontology of the Death Valley Region, California, USA. Acid maceration of marine limestones yielded the following ostracods: <i>Acratia</i> spp., <i>Bairdia quasilecta</i>, <i>Bairdia</i> sp. cf. <i>B. orientalis</i>, <i>Ceratobairdia</i> sp., <i>Kirkbya panamintensis</i> sp. nov., <i>Rectobairdia</i> sp. cf. <i>R. legumen</i>, and <i>Silenites</i> sp. This is the first report of <i>Ceratobairdia</i> and <i>Silenites</i> from the Tin Mountain Limestone. These ostracods occupied a carbonate ramp environment that formed during a major Paleozoic transgression. The ostracods played an important paleoecological role, likely as benthic marine scavengers in a shallow marine biotope along the northern shores of Pangea.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3263/12/8/300ostracodscarboniferousMississippianTin Mountain LimestoneDeath ValleyCalifornia |
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| title | Early Carboniferous Ostracods (Crustacea) from Death Valley, California, USA |
| title_full | Early Carboniferous Ostracods (Crustacea) from Death Valley, California, USA |
| title_fullStr | Early Carboniferous Ostracods (Crustacea) from Death Valley, California, USA |
| title_full_unstemmed | Early Carboniferous Ostracods (Crustacea) from Death Valley, California, USA |
| title_short | Early Carboniferous Ostracods (Crustacea) from Death Valley, California, USA |
| title_sort | early carboniferous ostracods crustacea from death valley california usa |
| topic | ostracods carboniferous Mississippian Tin Mountain Limestone Death Valley California |
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