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Green Canyon - Apodaca, Sierra County, New Mexico, USA

GroupGreen Canyon
FormationApodaca
Age:359 - 299 Ma
Paleozoic
IntervalCarboniferous
Lithologylimestone, "limestone"/"shale"
Number of Collections3
Number of Occurrences13

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
West Slope of Derry HillsSierra County, New Mexico, USAGreen Canyon - Apodaca

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Green Canyon - Arrey359 - 299 Ma
Paleozoic
limestone/"shale", "limestone", "shale"/"limestone"35
Mud Springs - Cuchillo Negro359 - 299 Ma
Paleozoic
limestone15
Mud Springs - Fra Cristobal359 - 299 Ma
Paleozoic
limestone9

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Composita ovata
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Composita : Composita ovata358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Composita subtilita
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Athyrididae : Composita : Composita subtilita358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Rhipidomella carbonaria
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Rhipidomellidae : Rhipidomella : Rhipidomella carbonaria358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Anthracospirifer occiduus
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Spiriferidae : Anthracospirifer : Anthracospirifer occiduus358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Neospirifer sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Trigonotretidae : Neospirifer358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Chonetes sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Chonetidae : Chonetes358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Linoproductus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Linoproductidae : Linoproductus358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Marginifera haydenensis
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Productellidae : Marginifera : Marginifera haydenensis358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Millerella sp.
genus
6Chromista : Foraminifera : Tubothalamea : Ozawainellidae : Millerella358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic
Profusulinella sp.
genus
6Chromista : Foraminifera : Profusulinellidae : Profusulinella358.9 - 298.9 Ma
Paleozoic

References

Gehrig J. L. (1958) Middle Pennsylvanian Brachiopods From the Mud Springs Mountains and Derry Hills, New Mexico, State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, Memoir 3, 1-24
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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