The Candelaria Formation is a geologic formation in Nevada, United States. The formation comprises shales and limestones deposited in an open marine environment and preserves fossils dating back to the Induan (Griesbachian to Dienerian) age of the Early Triassic epoch.[1][2][3] Outcrops of the Candelaria Formation are present in the Candelaria Hills southeast of the now abandoned mining town of Candelaria (Mineral and Esmeralda counties), and near Willow Springs (Nye County).[2]
| Candelaria Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Induan | |
| Type | Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Shale |
| Other | Limestone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 38°06′N 118°06′W / 38.1°N 118.1°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 12°06′N 41°36′W / 12.1°N 41.6°W |
| Region | Nevada |
| Country | United States |
| Type section | |
| Named for | Candelaria Hills |
  Candelaria Formation, Nevada (the United States)  Candelaria Formation, Nevada (Nevada) | |
Fossil content edit
Invertebrates edit
Among the invertebrates, fossils of the following species of ammonoids, nautiloids, and bivalves have been recovered from the formation:[2][3]
- Ambites lilangensis
- Ambites aff. radiatus
- Claraia aurita, C. clarai, C. stachei
- Clypites cf. evolvens
- Grypoceras cf. brahmanicum'
- Meekoceras cf. tenuistriatum
- Microconchus sp.
- Mullericeras fergusoni, M. spitiense
- Parahedenstroemia kiparisovae
- Proptychites haydeni, P. pagei
- Proptychites cf. ammonoides, P. cf. trilobatus
- Radioceras kraffti
- Ussuridiscus sp.
- Vavilovites sp.
Vertebrates edit
Among the vertebrates, fossils of the following species of ray-finned fishes[2][4] have been collected from the formation:
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Candelaria Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ a b c d Muller, Siemon Wm.; Ferguson, Henry G. (1939). "Mesozoic stratigraphy of the Hawthorne and Tonopah quadrangles, Nevada". GSA Bulletin. 50 (10): 1573–1624. Bibcode:1939GSAB...50.1573M. doi:10.1130/GSAB-50-1573.
- ^ a b Ware, David; Jenks, James F.; Hautmann, Michael; Bucher, Hugo (2011). "Dienerian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from the Candelaria Hills (Nevada, USA) and their significance for palaeobiogeography and palaeoceanography" (PDF). Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 104: 161–181. doi:10.1007/s00015-011-0055-3. S2CID 129845606.
- ^ Romano, Carlo; López-Arbarello, Adriana; Ware, David; Jenks, James F.; Brinkmann, Winand (April 2019). "Marine Early Triassic Actinopterygii from the Candelaria Hills (Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA)". Journal of Paleontology. 93 (5): 971–1000. Bibcode:2019JPal...93..971R. doi:10.1017/jpa.2019.18. S2CID 155564297.