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Valmy, Nye County, Nevada, USA

FormationValmy
Age:485 - 443 Ma
Paleozoic
IntervalOrdovician
Lithologylimestone
Number of Collections1
Number of Occurrences12

Recorded Sample Locations

LocationRegionStratigraphic Name
PrebleFarmNye County, Nevada, USAValmy

Associated Units

Stratigraphic NameAgeLithologyOccurrence Records
McColley Canyon408 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
limestone48
Preble530 - 513 Ma
Cambrian
5
Preble - Unit R501 - 485 Ma
Cambrian
conglomerate5
Rabbit Hill Limestone411 - 408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
limestone, "limestone"/"shale"91
Roberts Mountain419 - 411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
limestone/"shale", "limestone", "shale"/"limestone", lime mudstone, dolomite, grainstone/packstone712
Telegraph Canyon - Sentinal Mountain Dolomite393 - 388 Ma
Devonian
limestone14
Windmill Limestone - Upper Breccia411 - 408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
limestone43

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Trinodus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Agnostida : Metagnostidae : Trinodus485.4 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Apatokephalus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Asaphida : Remopleurididae : Apatokephalus485.4 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Isbergia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Rorringtoniidae : Isbergia485.4 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Leiostegium sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Corynexochida : Leiostegiidae : Leiostegium485.4 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Pliomeroides sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Phacopida : Pilekiidae : Pliomeroides485.4 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Strigigenalis sp.
genus
6Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Bathyuridae : Strigigenalis485.4 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Shumardia minutula
species
7Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Ptychopariida : Shumardiidae : Shumardia : Shumardia minutula485.4 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Brachiopoda
phylum
2Animalia : Brachiopoda485.4 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Didymograptus sp.
genus
6Animalia : Hemichordata : Dichograptidae : Didymograptus485.4 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Euconia sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sinuopeidae : Euconia485.4 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic
Proplina sp.
genus
6Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Tryblidiida : Tryblidiidae : Proplina485.4 - 443.4 Ma
Paleozoic

References

Ross, Jr. R. J. (1958) Trilobites in a pillow lava of the Ordovician Valmy Formation, Nevada, Journal of Paleontology 32, 559-570
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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