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El Paso - Victorio, New Mexico, USA
| Group | El Paso |
|---|---|
| Formation | Victorio |
| Age: | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic |
| Interval | Demingian |
| Tectonic Setting | Passive margin |
| Lithology | lime mudstone |
| Number of Collections | 3 |
| Number of Occurrences | 7 |
Recorded Sample Locations
| Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
|---|---|---|
| Cooks Range | Luna County, New Mexico, USA | El Paso - Victorio |
| Florida Mountains | Luna County, New Mexico, USA | El Paso - Victorio |
| Mud Springs Mountain | Sierra County, New Mexico, USA | El Paso - Victorio |
Associated Units
| Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Paso - Florida Mountains | 479 - 468 Ma Ordovician | grainstone/"shale", grainstone, wackestone/packstone | 8 |
| El Paso - Mud Springs Mountain | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic | reef rocks | 3 |
| El Paso - Sierrite | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | limestone | 3 |
Recorded Fossils
| Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
|---|---|---|
 Muriceras obscurumspecies | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Ellesmeroceratidae : Muriceras : Muriceras obscurum | 485.4 - 478.6 Ma Paleozoic |
| Rioceras fusiforme species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Baltoceratidae : Rioceras : Rioceras fusiforme | 485.4 - 478.6 Ma Paleozoic |
| Rioceras lobatum species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Baltoceratidae : Rioceras : Rioceras lobatum | 485.4 - 478.6 Ma Paleozoic |
| Rioceras nondescriptum species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Baltoceratidae : Rioceras : Rioceras nondescriptum | 485.4 - 478.6 Ma Paleozoic |
| Endorioceras rarum species | Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Baltoceratidae : Endorioceras : Endorioceras rarum | 485.4 - 478.6 Ma Paleozoic |
References
| Flower R. H. (1964) The Nautiloid Order Ellesmeroceratida (Cephalopoda), State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir 12, 234 p. |
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!
