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Rabbit Hill Limestone - Upper, Eureka County, Nevada, USA

FormationRabbit Hill Limestone
MemberUpper
Age:412 - 409 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
IntervalSiegen
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences12

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
USNM 10758. Big ledgeEureka County, Nevada, USARabbit Hill Limestone - Upper

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
Rabbit Hill - Spinoplasia Zone412 - 409 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
limestone16
Rabbit Hill Limestone - Lower412 - 409 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
limestone, lime mudstone/wackestone116
Windmill Limestone - Quadrithyris Zone412 - 409 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
limestone59

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Lingula sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Lingulata : Lingulida : Lingulidae : Lingula412.3 - 409.1 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Coelospira concava
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Athyridida : Anoplothecidae : Coelospira : Coelospira concava412.3 - 409.1 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Levenea navicula
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Dalmanellidae : Levenea : Levenea navicula412.3 - 409.1 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Dalejina sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Rhipidomellidae : Dalejina412.3 - 409.1 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Leptocoelia murphyi
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Leptocoeliidae : Leptocoelia : Leptocoelia murphyi412.3 - 409.1 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Leptocoelina squamosa
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Leptocoeliidae : Leptocoelina : Leptocoelina squamosa412.3 - 409.1 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Acrospirifer murchisoni
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Acrospiriferidae : Acrospirifer : Acrospirifer murchisoni412.3 - 409.1 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Spinoplasia roeni
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferida : Ambocoeliidae : Spinoplasia : Spinoplasia roeni412.3 - 409.1 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Schuchertella sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Orthotetida : Schuchertellidae : Schuchertella412.3 - 409.1 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Strophochonetes sp.
genus
6Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Productida : Strophochonetidae : Strophochonetes412.3 - 409.1 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Leptaena acuticuspidata
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Rafinesquinidae : Leptaena : Leptaena acuticuspidata412.3 - 409.1 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Megastrophia transitans
species
7Animalia : Brachiopoda : Strophomenata : Strophomenida : Strophodontidae : Megastrophia : Megastrophia transitans412.3 - 409.1 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

References

Johnson J. G. (1970) Great Basin Lower Devonian Brachiopoda, Geological Society of America Special Paper 131, 1-421
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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