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Ash Canyon - Upham Dolomite Mbr., Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)32.6,-106.533
Co-ordinates Derivationestimated from map
Given LocationNew Mexico, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Doña Ana County, New Mexico, USA

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Ash Canyon - Cutter DolomiteElias R. J. (1985)Montoya - Cutterdolomite449.5 - 443.7 Ma
Paleozoic
Ash Canyon - Aleman FormationElias R. J. (1985)Montoya - Alemandolomite452 - 449.5 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Ash Canyon - Upham Dolomite Mbr.Elias R. J. (1985)Second Value Dolomite - Upham Dolomitedolomite460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Ash Canyon - Upham Dolomite Mbr., Second Value Fm.Flower R. H. (1957)Second Value Dolomite - Upham Dolomitedolomite460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Bighornia sp.
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Streptelasmatidae : Bighornia460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Grewingkia sp.
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Streptelasmatidae : Grewingkia452 - 449.5 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Grewingkia robusta
species
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Streptelasmatidae : Grewingkia : Grewingkia robusta460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician
Salvadorea sp.
genus
Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Streptelasmatidae : Salvadorea452 - 449.5 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Actinoceras incantatum
species
Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Actinoceratidae : Actinoceras : Actinoceras incantatum460.9 - 449.5 Ma
Ordovician

References

Flower R. H. (1957) The Ordovician Development of the Actinoceratida, with notes on Actinoceroid Morphology and Ordovician Stratigraphy, State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir 2, 1-59
Elias R. J. (1985) Solitary rugose corals of the Upper Ordovician Montoya Group, Southern New Mexico and Westernmost Texas, Journal of Paleontology Memoir 59 5, 1-58
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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