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Lake Valley - Alamogordo, Otero County, New Mexico, USA
Formation | Lake Valley |
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Member | Alamogordo |
Age: | 354 - 343 Ma Carboniferous |
Interval | Osagean |
Lithology | lime mudstone/wackestone |
Number of Collections | 2 |
Number of Occurrences | 4 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Dead Mans Branch | Otero County, New Mexico, USA | Lake Valley - Alamogordo |
Alamo Peak | Otero County, New Mexico, USA | Lake Valley - Alamogordo |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Caballero | 359 - 345 Ma Paleozoic | wackestone | 26 |
Lake Valley - Arcente | 354 - 343 Ma Carboniferous | lime mudstone/"shale" | 6 |
Lake Valley - Dona Ana | 354 - 336 Ma Carboniferous | wackestone/packstone | 2 |
Lake Valley - Tierra Blanca | 354 - 343 Ma Carboniferous | packstone/grainstone | 5 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Phillibole sp. genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Phillibole | 353.8 - 342.8 Ma Carboniferous |
Pudoproetus sp. genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Pudoproetus | 353.8 - 342.8 Ma Carboniferous |
Thigriffides sp. genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Proetida : Proetidae : Thigriffides | 353.8 - 342.8 Ma Carboniferous |
References
Brezinski D. K. (2000) Lower Mississippian trilobites from southern New Mexico, Journal of Paleontology 74 6, 1043-1064 |
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!