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Mormon - Mormon Sandstone, Plumas County, California, USA

FormationMormon
MemberMormon Sandstone
Age:170 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic
IntervalBajocian
Lithologysandstone
Number of Collections8
Number of Occurrences12

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
Ravine 34Plumas County, California, USAMormon - Mormon Sandstone
Indeterminate ravine Plumas County, California, USAMormon - Mormon Sandstone
Ravine 41 Plumas County, California, USAMormon - Mormon Sandstone

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Hardgrave174 - 170 Ma
Middle Jurassic
sandstone3

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Flabellirhynchia concinna
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Cyclothyrididae : Flabellirhynchia : Flabellirhynchia concinna170.3 - 168.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Flabellirhynchia falconis
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Cyclothyrididae : Flabellirhynchia : Flabellirhynchia falconis170.3 - 168.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Globirhynchia gnathophora
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Cyclothyrididae : Globirhynchia : Globirhynchia gnathophora170.3 - 168.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Globirhynchia oblatopinguis
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Cyclothyrididae : Globirhynchia : Globirhynchia oblatopinguis170.3 - 168.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Globirhynchia rhacta
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Cyclothyrididae : Globirhynchia : Globirhynchia rhacta170.3 - 168.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Globirhynchia schucherti
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Cyclothyrididae : Globirhynchia : Globirhynchia schucherti170.3 - 168.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Kallirhynchia phylarchus
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Kallirhynchia : Kallirhynchia phylarchus170.3 - 168.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Rhactorhynchia trigona
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Tetrarhynchiidae : Rhactorhynchia : Rhactorhynchia trigona171.6 - 167.7 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Loboidothyris meeki
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Loboidothyrididae : Loboidothyris : Loboidothyris meeki170.3 - 168.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Loboidothyris mormonensis
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Loboidothyrididae : Loboidothyris : Loboidothyris mormonensis170.3 - 168.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Euidothyris lucerna
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Postepithyrididae : Euidothyris : Euidothyris lucerna170.3 - 168.3 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Ornithella syringothyrides
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Terebratulida : Zeilleriidae : Ornithella : Ornithella syringothyrides171.6 - 167.7 Ma
Middle Jurassic

References

Crickmay C. H. (1933) Attempt to Zone the North American Jurassic on the Basis of its Brachiopods, Geological Society America Bulletin 44, 871-894
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