Trilobites of the Mule Spring Limestone

WHITE-INYO MOUNTAINS, CA

Split Mountain and Goldfield Hills, Nevada; Saline Range, California

Lower Cambrian. See also the Saline Valley Formation, Campito Formation, Poleta Formation, and the Harkless Formation

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Trilobites:

Bonnia

Bristolia

Fremontia

Olenellus puertoblancoensis?

Onchocephalus

Paedumias

Peachella

ptychopariid sp. B

Comments:

    This Formation occurs within the Bonnia-Olenellus Zone (Olenellus Biozone) - and is bounded by the Saline Valley Formation (below) and above by the Middle Cambrian Monola Formation (in California) (Emigrant Fm. (in Nevada)). See also the White-Inyo Mountains Trilobite Zones.

References:

Palmer, A. R. (1964)  An unusual Lower Cambrian trilobite faunule from Nevada. in Contributions to Paleontology, Geological Survey Professional Paper 483-F, pp. 1-13, 3 pls.

Sundberg, F.A., and McCollum, L. B., 2003b, Early and Mid Cambrian trilobites from the outer-shelf deposits of Nevada and California, USA. Palaeontology, v. 46, part 5, p. 945-986.