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El Paso - Padre - Scenic Drive, USA
| Group | El Paso |
|---|---|
| Formation | Padre |
| Member | Scenic Drive |
| Age: | 479 - 468 Ma Ordovician |
| Interval | Jefferson |
| Lithology | limestone |
| Number of Collections | 2 |
| Number of Occurrences | 8 |
Recorded Sample Locations
| Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
|---|---|---|
| Nameless Canyon | El Paso County, Texas, USA | El Paso - Padre - Scenic Drive |
| 3.7 mi NW of Hot Springs | Sierra County, New Mexico, USA | El Paso - Padre - Scenic Drive |
Associated Units
| Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| Onate | 388 - 383 Ma Devonian | 51 | |
| Second Value - Montoya | 461 - 450 Ma Ordovician | dolomite | 1 |
| Sly Gap | 383 - 372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian | shale/"limestone" | 159 |
| El Paso - Florida Mountains | 479 - 468 Ma Ordovician | grainstone/"shale", grainstone, wackestone/packstone | 8 |
Recorded Fossils
References
| Flower R. H. (1968) Part I - Some El Paso guide fossils, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Memoir 22 1, 1-21 |
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!
