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Valmy, Nye County, Nevada, USA
Formation | Valmy |
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Age: | 485 - 443 Ma Paleozoic |
Interval | Ordovician |
Lithology | limestone |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 12 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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PrebleFarm | Nye County, Nevada, USA | Valmy |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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McColley Canyon | 408 - 393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | limestone | 48 |
Preble | 530 - 513 Ma Cambrian | 5 | |
Preble - Unit R | 501 - 485 Ma Cambrian | conglomerate | 5 |
Rabbit Hill Limestone | 411 - 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | limestone, "limestone"/"shale" | 91 |
Roberts Mountain | 419 - 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | limestone/"shale", "limestone", "shale"/"limestone", lime mudstone, dolomite, grainstone/packstone | 712 |
Telegraph Canyon - Sentinal Mountain Dolomite | 393 - 388 Ma Devonian | limestone | 14 |
Windmill Limestone - Upper Breccia | 411 - 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | limestone | 43 |
Recorded Fossils
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!