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Mazourka - Badger Flat, Inyo County, California, USA

GroupMazourka
FormationBadger Flat
Age:472 - 458 Ma
Ordovician
IntervalWhiterockian
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections6
Number of Occurrences37

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
USGS A8893 Mazourka CanyonInyo County, California, USAMazourka - Badger Flat
USGS B6082 Mazourka CanyonInyo County, California, USAMazourka - Badger Flat
USGS B6086 Mazourka CanyonInyo County, California, USAMazourka - Badger Flat
USGS B1038 Mazourka CanyonInyo County, California, USAMazourka - Badger Flat

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Glyptocystis sp.
genus		6Glyptocystis471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Leperditia sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Leperditiidae : Leperditia471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Bumastus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Illaenidae : Bumastus471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Ectenonotus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Pliomeridae : Ectenonotus471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Pseudomera barrandei
species		7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Pliomeridae : Pseudomera : Pseudomera barrandei471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Orthambonites sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Orthidae : Orthambonites471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Plectorthis sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Plectorthidae : Plectorthis471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Plectorthis mazourkaensis
species		7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Plectorthidae : Plectorthis : Plectorthis mazourkaensis471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Rhysostrophia sp.
genus		6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Pentamerida : Tetralobulidae : Rhysostrophia471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Blastoidocrinus carchariaedens
species		7Animalia : Echinodermata : Parablastoidea : Blastocystidae : Blastoidocrinus : Blastoidocrinus carchariaedens471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Endoceras sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Endoceratidae : Endoceras471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Trocholites sp.
genus		6Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Trocholitidae : Trocholites471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Archaeoscyphia sp.
genus		6Animalia : Porifera : Anthaspidellidae : Archaeoscyphia471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Archaeoscyphia mazourkaensis
species		7Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Lithistida : Anthaspidellidae : Archaeoscyphia : Archaeoscyphia mazourkaensis471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Calycocoelia typicalis
species		7Animalia : Porifera : Anthaspidellidae : Calycocoelia : Calycocoelia typicalis471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Patellispongia oculata
species		7Animalia : Porifera : Anthaspidellidae : Patellispongia : Patellispongia oculata471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Allosaccus sp.
genus		6Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Lithistida : Allosaccus471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Hesperocoelia undulata
species		7Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Lithistida : Streptosolenidae : Hesperocoelia : Hesperocoelia undulata471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Lissocoelia ramosa
species		7Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Lithistida : Streptosolenidae : Lissocoelia : Lissocoelia ramosa471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Streptosolen sp.
genus		6Animalia : Porifera : Demospongea : Lithistida : Streptosolenidae : Streptosolen471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician
Hyalostelia sp.
genus		6Animalia : Porifera : Heteractinida : Hyalostelia471.8 - 457.5 Ma
Ordovician

References

Greife J. L., Langenheim R. L. (1963) Sponges and brachiopods from the Middle Ordovician Mazourka Formation, Independence quadrangle, California, Journal of Paleontology 37 3, 564-574
Johns R. A. (1994) Ordovician lithistid sponges of the Great Basin, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 94 1, 1-156
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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