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El Paso - Mud Springs, New Mexico, USA
Group | El Paso |
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Formation | Mud Springs |
Age: | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic |
Interval | Demingian |
Lithology | limestone |
Number of Collections | 3 |
Number of Occurrences | 3 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Hatchet Mountains | Grant County, New Mexico, USA | El Paso - Mud Springs |
Cooks Range | Luna County, New Mexico, USA | El Paso - Mud Springs |
Florida Mountains | Luna County, New Mexico, USA | El Paso - Mud Springs |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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El Paso - Cooks | 485 - 468 Ma Paleozoic | limestone, grainstone | 3 |
El Paso - José | 485 - 479 Ma Paleozoic | limestone | 11 |
Montoya - Aleman | 452 - 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | dolomite, "limestone" | 87 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Bridgeites discoideus species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Raphistomatidae : Bridgeites : Bridgeites discoideus | 485.4 - 478.6 Ma Paleozoic |
References
Flower R. H. (1968) Part I - Some El Paso guide fossils, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Memoir 22 1, 1-21 |
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!