Antelope Valley Limestone Explained

Antelope Valley Limestone
Type:Geologic formation
Age:Ordovician Period
Period:Ordovician
Prilithology:Limestone
Namedfor:Antelope Valley (Nevada)
Region:Nevada
Country:United States
Unitof:Pogonip Group
Underlies:Copenhagen Formation
Overlies:Ninemile Formation
Thickness:1100feet

The Antelope Valley Limestone is a limestone geologic formation of the Pogonip Group in southern Nevada.

It is found in the Antelope Valley region of Eureka County and Nye County.

It preserves fossils dating back to the Whiterock Stage of the Ordovician period.

Funeralaspis, the oldest named odontopleurine trilobite, is known from the Dapingian sediments of this formation.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Adrain. J. M.. Pérez-Peris. F.. 2023. Zootaxa. 5336. 4. 509–529. 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.4.3. 38221079.