The Laketown Dolomite is a dolomite geologic formation in Nevada and Utah. It preserves fossils[citation needed] dating back to the Silurian period.[1]
| 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′N 114°54′W / 39.3°N 114.9°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 7°42′S 71°42′W / 7.7°S 71.7°W |
| Region | Nevada, Utah |
| Country |  United States |
  Laketown Dolomite (the United States)  Laketown Dolomite (Nevada) | |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Laketown Dolomite at Fossilworks.org
Further reading
edit- 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