Sly Gap Formation

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Sly Gap Formation
Stratigraphic range: Frasnian
Type Formation
Underlies Percha Formation, Contadero Formation
Overlies Onate Formation
Thickness114 feet (35 m)
Lithology
Primary limestone
Other siltstone, shale
Location
Coordinates 33°19′56″N106°27′27″W / 33.3322°N 106.4574°W / 33.3322; -106.4574
Region New Mexico
Country United States
Type section
Named byF.V. Stevenson
Year defined1945
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Sly Gap Formation (the United States)
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Sly Gap Formation (New Mexico)

The Sly Gap Formation is a geologic formation in south-central New Mexico. It preserves fossils dating back to the Frasnian Age of the late Devonian period. [1]

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Description

The formation consists of about 114 feet (35 m) of brown, yellow, or gray limestone and siltstone and brown to greenish-gray shale. It disconformably overlies the Onate Formation and is overlain by the Percha Formation [1] [2] or the Contadero Formation. [2] It pinches out in the west in the Basin and Range province. [1]

Fossils

The formation includes crinoidal siltstone beds and many other beds are fossiliferous, bearing crinoid, brachiopod, bryozoan, anthozoan, cephalopod, gastropod, fish, and coral remains. [1]

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