Laketown Dolomite

Laketown Dolomite
Stratigraphic range: Silurian
Type	Geologic formation
Sub-units	Gettel Lake, High Lake, Jack Valley, Portage Canyon & Tony Grove Lake Members
Lithology
Primary	Dolomite
Location
Coordinates	39°18′N114°54′W / 39.3°N 114.9°W / 39.3; -114.9
Approximate paleocoordinates	7°42′S71°42′W / 7.7°S 71.7°W / -7.7; -71.7
Region	Nevada, Utah
Country	United States
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The Laketown Dolomite is a dolomite geologic formation in Nevada and Utah. It preserves fossils ^{[ citation needed ]} dating back to the Silurian period. ^[1]

See also

• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nevada
• List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Utah
• Paleontology in Nevada
• Paleontology in Utah

References

1. Laketown Dolomite at Fossilworks.org

Further reading

• A. P. Gubanov, J.-O. R. Ebbestad, and P. Männik. 2017. The problematic mollusc Jinonicella from the Silurian of North America. Gff 139
• A. J. Boucot. 1999. Some Wenlockian-Geddinian, chiefly brachiopod dominated communities of North America. In A. J. Boucot, J. D. Lawson (eds.), Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian 549-591
• R. J. Elias. 1983. Late Ordovician solitary rugose corals of the Stony Mountain Formation, southern Manitoba, and its equivalents. Journal of Paleontology 57(5):924-956
• P. M. Sheehan. 1982. Late Ordovician and Silurian of the eastern Great Basin Part 4. Late Llandovery and Wenlock brachiopods. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 50:1-73
• P. M. Sheehan. 1980. The Late Ordovician and Silurian of the Eastern Great Basin, Part 3. Brachiopods of the Tony Grove Lake Member of the Laketown Dolomite. Milwaukee Public Museum Contributions in Biology and Geology 30:1-23