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Mancos Shale - El Vado, Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA
Formation | Mancos Shale |
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Member | El Vado |
Age: | 89.3 - 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Interval | Late Coniacian |
Lithology | shale |
Number of Collections | 1 |
Number of Occurrences | 1 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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USGS D8282 | Sandoval County, New Mexico, USA | Mancos Shale - El Vado |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Mancos Shale | 83.5 - 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | shale, siltstone, "limestone", sandstone, "siliciclastic", "shale"/"carbonate", "shale"/"limestone", marl, "shale"/siltstone, sandstone/"shale", sandstone/claystone | 940 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Magadiceramus sp. genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Myalinida : Inoceramidae : Magadiceramus | 89.3 - 85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous |
References
Walaszczyk I., Cobban W. A. (2006) Palaeontology and stratigraphy of the Middle-Upper Coniacian and Santonian inoceramids of the US Western Interior, Acta Geologica Polonica 56 3, 241-348 |
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!