A conodont-based standard reference section in central Nevada for the lower Middle Ordovician Whiterockian Series
Bulletins of American Paleontology
By: W.C. Sweet, Raymond L. Ethington, and A. G. Harris
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Abstract
Ranges of conodonts in stratigraphic sections at five localities in the Monitor and Antelope ranges of central Nevada are used graphically to assemble a standard reference section for the lower Middle Ordovician Whiterockian Series. The base of the series is officially 0.3 m above the base of the Antelope Valley Limestone in the stratotype in Whiterock Canyon (Monitor Range). The top is the level at which Baltoniodus gerdae makes a brief appearance in an exposure of the Copenhagen Formation on the flanks of Hill 8308 in the western Antelope Range. Graphic compilation of the sections considered in this report also indicates that a level correlative with the base of the Whiterockian Series in the stratotype section is 66 m above the base of the Antelope Valley Limestone in its de facto type section on Martin Ridge in the eastern part of the Monitor Range. Ranges, diversity, and the composition of the conodont faunas differ markedly in lithofacies adjacent to the basal boundary of the series; hence we are unable to identify a single conodont species, in a credible developmental sequence, to serve as biological marker of that boundary.
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Sweet, W., Ethington, R.L., Harris, A., 2005, A conodont-based standard reference section in central Nevada for the lower Middle Ordovician Whiterockian Series: Bulletins of American Paleontology, v. 2005, no. 369, p. 35-48.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | A conodont-based standard reference section in central Nevada for the lower Middle Ordovician Whiterockian Series |
| Series title | Bulletins of American Paleontology |
| Volume | 2005 |
| Issue | 369 |
| Year Published | 2005 |
| Language | English |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | Bulletins of American Paleontology |
| First page | 35 |
| Last page | 48 |