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Palmetto, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA

Formation	Palmetto
Age:	470 - 443 Ma Paleozoic
Interval	Middle Ordovician
Lithology	shale/"limestone"
Number of Collections	7
Number of Occurrences	31

Recorded Sample Locations

Location	Region	Stratigraphic Name
USGS D2243-CO	Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA	Palmetto
USGS D695-CO	Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA	Palmetto
USGS D1020-CO	Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA	Palmetto
USGS D2242-CO	Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA	Palmetto
USGS D1021-CO	Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA	Palmetto
USGS D2244-CO	Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA	Palmetto

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Type	Hierarchy	Age
Caryocaris sp. genus	6	Animalia : Arthropoda : Malacostraca : Caryocarididae : *Caryocaris*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Climacograptus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Hemichordata : Pterobranchia : Diplograptidae : *Climacograptus*	470 - 458.4 Ma Middle Ordovician
Climacograptus (Climacograptus) bicornis species	7	Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Bireclinata : Climacograptus : *Climacograptus (Climacograptus) bicornis*	470 - 458.4 Ma Middle Ordovician
Dicellograptus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Hemichordata : Dicranograptidae : *Dicellograptus*	470 - 458.4 Ma Middle Ordovician
Dicellograptus divaricatus species	7	Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Bireclinata : Dicellograptus : *Dicellograptus divaricatus*	470 - 458.4 Ma Middle Ordovician
Dicellograptus sextans species	7	Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Bireclinata : Dicellograptus : *Dicellograptus sextans*	470 - 458.4 Ma Middle Ordovician
Dicranograptus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Bireclinata : *Dicranograptus*	470 - 458.4 Ma Middle Ordovician
Dicranograptus ramosus species	7	Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Bireclinata : Dicranograptus : *Dicranograptus ramosus*	470 - 458.4 Ma Middle Ordovician
Glyptograptus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Bireclinata : Retiolitidae : *Glyptograptus*	470 - 458.4 Ma Middle Ordovician
Amplexograptus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Hemichordata : Pterobranchia : Diplograptidae : *Amplexograptus*	470 - 458.4 Ma Middle Ordovician
Diplograptus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Hemichordata : Pterobranchia : Diplograptidae : *Diplograptus*	470 - 458.4 Ma Middle Ordovician
Orthograptus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Diplograptoidea : Diplograptidae : *Orthograptus*	470 - 458.4 Ma Middle Ordovician
Dichograptidae family	5	Animalia : Hemichordata : Dichograptidae	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic
Cryptograptus tricornis species	7	Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Cryptograptus : *Cryptograptus tricornis*	470 - 458.4 Ma Middle Ordovician
Glossograptus sp. genus	6	Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : *Glossograptus*	470 - 458.4 Ma Middle Ordovician
Paratetragraptus approximatus species	7	Animalia : Hemichordata : Graptolithina : Phyllograptidae : Paratetragraptus : *Paratetragraptus approximatus*	485.4 - 468.1 Ma Paleozoic

References

Robinson P. T., Stewart J. H., et al (1976) Geologic map of the Rhyolite Ridge quadrangle, Esmeralda County, Nevada doi:10.3133/gq1325

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!