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Watson Ranch Quartzite, Millard County, Utah, USA
Formation | Watson Ranch Quartzite |
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Age: | 472 - 458 Ma Ordovician |
Interval | Whiterockian |
Tectonic Setting | Passive margin |
Lithology | limestone |
Number of Collections | 2 |
Number of Occurrences | 3 |
Recorded Sample Locations
Location | Region | Stratigraphic Name |
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Hintze 1951 | Millard County, Utah, USA | Watson Ranch Quartzite |
Associated Units
Stratigraphic Name | Age | Lithology | Occurrence Records |
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Juab Limestone | 472 - 468 Ma Ordovician | limestone | 14 |
Kanosh Shale | 470 - 458 Ma Ordovician | shale, "limestone", siltstone, "limestone"/"shale" | 188 |
Lehman | 466 - 458 Ma Ordovician | limestone, sandstone | 60 |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Leperditia sp. genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Leperditiidae : Leperditia | 471.8 - 457.5 Ma Ordovician |
Barrandia sp. genus | Animalia : Arthropoda : Trilobita : Barrandia | 471.8 - 457.5 Ma Ordovician |
References
Hintze L.F. (1951) Lower Ordovician detailed stratigraphic sections for western Utah, Utah Geological and Mineralogical Survey Bulletin 39, 99 p. |
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!