Coils Creek Limestone

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Coils Creek Limestone
Stratigraphic range: Devonian
Type Formation
Unit of McColley Canyon Formation [1]
Underlies Denay Limestone [2]
Overlies Bartine Member [1]
Location
Region Nevada
Country United States

The Coils Creek Limestone is a geologic formation in Nevada. It preserves fossils dating back to the Devonian period. [3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 MICHAEL A. MURPHY; Eric C. Gronberg (1970). "Stratigraphy and Correlation of the Lower Nevada Group (Devonian) North and West of Eureka, Nevada". Geological Society of America Bulletin . 81 (1): 127. Bibcode:1970GSAB...81..127M. doi:10.1130/0016-7606(1970)81[127:SACOTL]2.0.CO;2. ISSN   0016-7606. Wikidata   Q63384738.
  2. ↑ "Geolex — Significant Publications; Geologic Unit: Coils Creek". National Geologic Map Database. United States Geological Survey . Retrieved June 26, 2020.
  3. ↑ Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database" . Retrieved 17 December 2021.


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