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Cooks Range - Upham Dolomite Mbr., Luna County, New Mexico, USA

Lat/Long (Decimal)	32.5667,-107.717
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on nearby landmark
Given Location	New Mexico, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Luna County, New Mexico, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Cooks Range - Cutter Dolomite	Elias R. J. (1985)	Montoya - Cutter		dolomite	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Section C-1. Cooks Range: west-facing escarpment in northern part	Howe H. J. (1966)	Montoya - Cutter	Stratigraphy first described in Howe 1965.	dolomite	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Section C-1. Cooks Range: west-facing escarpment in northern part	Howe H. J. (1965)	Montoya - Aleman	Stratigraphy first described in Howe 1965.	"limestone"	452 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Cooks Range - Upham Dolomite Mbr.	Elias R. J. (1985)	Second Value Dolomite - Upham Dolomite		dolomite	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Cooks Range, near the top, Upham Fm.	Flower R. H. (1957)	Upham - Second Value		dolomite	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Cooks Range, where Montoya crosses north-south ridge, Second Value Fm.	Flower R. H. (1957)	Second Value	"sandy limestone marking the transition from the Cable Canyon sandstone into the Upham "dolomite"(here a good limestone)", in Flower (1957)	sandstone	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Platystrophia sp. genus	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Platystrophiidae : *Platystrophia*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Hebertella occidentalis species	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Orthida : Plectorthidae : Hebertella : *Hebertella occidentalis*	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Hiscobeccus capax species	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchotrematidae : Hiscobeccus : *Hiscobeccus capax*	452 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Hypsiptycha neenah species	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchotrematidae : Hypsiptycha : *Hypsiptycha neenah*	452 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Lepidocyclus laddi species	Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Rhynchonellida : Rhynchotrematidae : Lepidocyclus : *Lepidocyclus laddi*	452 - 449.5 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Rugosa subclass	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Rugosa	449.5 - 443.7 Ma Paleozoic
Bighornia sp. genus	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Streptelasmatidae : *Bighornia*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Grewingkia robusta species	Animalia : Cnidaria : Anthozoa : Streptelasmatidae : Grewingkia : *Grewingkia robusta*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Armenoceras callaghani species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Armenoceratidae : Armenoceras : *Armenoceras callaghani*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Armenoceras lenticontractum species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Armenoceratidae : Armenoceras : *Armenoceras lenticontractum*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Armenoceras vesperale species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Armenoceratidae : Armenoceras : *Armenoceras vesperale*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician
Lambeoceras armstrongi species	Animalia : Mollusca : Cephalopoda : Gonioceratidae : Lambeoceras : *Lambeoceras armstrongi*	460.9 - 449.5 Ma Ordovician

References

Flower R. H. (1957) The Ordovician Development of the Actinoceratida, with notes on Actinoceroid Morphology and Ordovician Stratigraphy, State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Memoir 2, 1-59

Howe H. J. (1965) Dalmanellidae from the Montoya Group (Ordovician) of Trans-Pecos Texas, Journal of Paleontology 39 2, 235-247

Howe H. J. (1966) Orthacea from the Montoya Group (Ordovician) of Trans-Pecos Texas, Journal of Paleontology 40 2, 241-257

Elias R. J. (1985) Solitary rugose corals of the Upper Ordovician Montoya Group, Southern New Mexico and Westernmost Texas, Journal of Paleontology Memoir 59 5, 1-58

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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