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Opd Unit, Clark County, Nevada, USA
Formation | Opd Unit |
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Age: | 479 - 468 Ma Ordovician |
Interval | Arenigian |
Lithology | grainstone/packstone, packstone, grainstone, conglomerate/grainstone |
Number of Collections | 9 |
Number of Occurrences | 36 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Opd Unit | Clark County, Nevada, USA | Opd Unit |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Nuia sp. genus | Nuia | 478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician |
Trilobita class | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita | 478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician |
Brachiopoda phylum | Animalia : Brachiopoda | 478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician |
Crinoidea class | Animalia : Echinodermata : Crinoidea | 478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician |
Gastropoda class | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda | 478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician |
Calathium sp. genus | Chlorophyta : Chlorophyceae : Receptaculitidae : Calathium | 478.6 - 468.1 Ma Ordovician |
References
Donovan J. K. (1992) Depositional Environments and Paleoecology of the Lower Ordovician Pogonip Group, Opd Unit, Arrow Canyon Range, Clark County, Nevada, Unlv |
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!