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Pioche Shale - Grassy Spring, Lincoln County, Nevada, USA

FormationPioche Shale
MemberGrassy Spring
Age:513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
IntervalDelamaran
Lithologyshale/"limestone", packstone, grainstone
Number of Collections64
Number of Occurrences247

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Col. 41144Lincoln County, Nevada, USAPioche Shale - Grassy Spring
Collection 41172Lincoln County, Nevada, USAPioche Shale - Grassy Spring
Collection 41174Lincoln County, Nevada, USAPioche Shale - Grassy Spring
Collection 41175Lincoln County, Nevada, USAPioche Shale - Grassy Spring
41443Lincoln County, Nevada, USAPioche Shale - Grassy Spring
Collection 41187Lincoln County, Nevada, USAPioche Shale - Grassy Spring
Collection 41170 [Grassy Spring MbrLincoln County, Nevada, USAPioche Shale - Grassy Spring
Collection 41150Lincoln County, Nevada, USAPioche Shale - Grassy Spring
Collection 41191Lincoln County, Nevada, USAPioche Shale - Grassy Spring
Collection 41205Lincoln County, Nevada, USAPioche Shale - Grassy Spring
Collection 41156Lincoln County, Nevada, USAPioche Shale - Grassy Spring
Collection 41158Lincoln County, Nevada, USAPioche Shale - Grassy Spring
Collection 41207Lincoln County, Nevada, USAPioche Shale - Grassy Spring
Collection 41200Lincoln County, Nevada, USAPioche Shale - Grassy Spring
Collection 41203Lincoln County, Nevada, USAPioche Shale - Grassy Spring
Collection 41152Lincoln County, Nevada, USAPioche Shale - Grassy Spring
Collection 41153Lincoln County, Nevada, USAPioche Shale - Grassy Spring

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Pioche Shale - Comet Shale513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian		limestone, "shale"51
Pioche Shale - Log Cabin Shale513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian		mudstone, "limestone"/mudstone57

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Corynexochida
order		4Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Poliella sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Dolichometopidae : Poliella513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Dorypygidae
family		5Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Dorypygidae513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Kootenia sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Dorypygidae : Kootenia513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Kootenia crassinucha
species		7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Dinesidae : Kootenia : Kootenia crassinucha513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Olenoides sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Dorypygidae : Olenoides513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Albertella sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Zacanthoididae : Albertella513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Albertellina sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Zacanthoididae : Albertellina513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Albertelloides sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Zacanthoididae : Albertelloides513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Delamarella sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Zacanthoididae : Delamarella513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Mexicaspis sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Zacanthoididae : Mexicaspis513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Paralbertella sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Zacanthoididae : Paralbertella513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Ptarmiganoides sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Zacanthoididae : Ptarmiganoides513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Ursinella sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Zacanthoididae : Ursinella513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Zacanthoides sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Zacanthoididae : Zacanthoides513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Pagetia resseri
species		7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Eodiscidae : Pagetia : Pagetia resseri513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Amecephalites sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : Amecephalites513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Mexicella sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : Mexicella513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Mexicella mexicana
species		7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : Mexicella : Mexicella mexicana513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Onchocephalites sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : Onchocephalites513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Pachyaspis sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : Pachyaspis513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Palmerara sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : Palmerara513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Palmerara granosa
species		7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : Palmerara : Palmerara granosa513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Panacus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : Panacus513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian
Plagiura sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : Plagiura513 - 501 Ma
Cambrian
Volocephalina sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Ptychopariidae : Volocephalina513 - 505 Ma
Cambrian

References

Eddy J. D., McCollum L. B. (1998) Early Middle Cambrian Albertella biozone trilobites of the Pioche Shale, southeastern Nevada, Journal of Paleontology 72 5, 864-887
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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