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Cooks Range , Luna County, New Mexico, USA
| Lat/Long (Decimal) | 32.5681,-107.736 |
|---|---|
| Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
| Given Location | New Mexico, United States |
| Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Luna County, New Mexico, USA |
Collections
| Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooks Range (1st piloceroid zone) | Flower R. H. (1964) | El Paso - Victorio | "first piloceroid zone of the El Paso group" (Flower, 1964 p. 93); "The first piloceroid zone is given the name Victorio formation [...] " (ibid. p. 148); In fig. 50 the 1st piloceroid zone of the Cook(e)s Range section corresponds to interval A of Cloud & Barnes (1946, Univ. Texas Publ. 4621) and to the upper part of the Gorman Fm. (= Hag Hills Fm. in Goldhammer et al., 1993, J. Sed. Petr. 63(3)) of the southern Franklin Mts., El Paso Co., TX., and is referred to the middle Canadian. | lime mudstone | 485.4 - 478.6 Ma Paleozoic |
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!
