Nevada Group

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Nevada Group (abandoned)
Stratigraphic range: Devonian
Type Group
Location
Region Nevada
Country United States

The Nevada Group is an abandoned term for a geologic group in Nevada. The group, reflected a collection of rocks then thought to preserve fossils dating back to the Devonian period. [1]

The term was abandoned as a geologic unit because it is "a collection of distinctive rock units deposited in variety of depositional environments." [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database. "Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ↑ G. W. Kendall; J. G. Johnson; J. O. Brown; G. Klapper (December 1983). "Stratigraphy and Facies Across Lower Devonian-Middle Devonian Boundary, Central Nevada". AAPG Bulletin . 67 (12): 2199–2207. doi:10.1306/AD460940-16F7-11D7-8645000102C1865D. ISSN   0149-1423. S2CID   129837148. Wikidata   Q66828661., stated at National Geologic Map Database: Geolex — Significant Publications


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