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Swarbrick, Nye County, Nevada, USA

FormationSwarbrick
Age:501 - 485 Ma
Cambrian
IntervalDresbachian
Lithologylime mudstone/chert
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences5

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Upper Swarbrick FormationNye County, Nevada, USASwarbrick

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Hales - Middle485 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic
mudstone/"limestone"3
Lower Hales501 - 485 Ma
Cambrian
mudstone/"limestone"6
Tybo Shale - Middle501 - 485 Ma
Cambrian
shale7
Tybo Shale - Upper501 - 485 Ma
Cambrian
shale1
Upper Hales485 - 478 Ma
Paleozoic
mudstone/"limestone"7

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Glyptagnostus reticulatus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Agnostidae : Glyptagnostus : Glyptagnostus reticulatus501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Pseudagnostus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Diplagnostidae : Pseudagnostus501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Aphelaspis subditus
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Aphelaspididae : Aphelaspis : Aphelaspis subditus501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Listroa toxoura
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Aphelaspididae : Listroa : Listroa toxoura501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian
Porifera
phylum
2Animalia : Porifera501 - 485.4 Ma
Cambrian

References

Cook H. E., Taylor M. E., et al (1989) Day 2: Late Cambrian and Early Ordovician stratigraphy, biostratigraphy and depositional environments, Hot Creek Range, Nevada, 28th International Geological Congress, 28-36
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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