Pioche Shale
154 distinct taxa, from 763 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 539–497 Mya.
Nevada · US
154 taxa · 763 fossils · 539–497 MyaMembers recorded: Grassy Spring, Upper, Susan Duster Limestone, Log Cabin, Log Cabin Shale, Comet Shale, C-Shale, Combined Metals, Lower, upper, C-shale.
Macrostrat dates this rock 516–501 Ma. Macrostrat’s own record
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14 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Mexicella mexicana
- Albertella highlandensis
- Albertellina aspinosa
- Poliella denticulata
- Fieldaspis bilobata
- Volocephalina variosa
- Kochiella brevaspis
- Mexicella granulata
- Plagiura extensa
- Volocephalina connexa
- Amecephalus arrojosensis
- Kochiella augusta
- Nyella plana
- Palmerara granosa
- Plagiura minor
- Mexicella robusta
- Kochaspis liliana
- Poliella lomataspis
- Eokochaspis nodosa
- Olenellus gilberti
- Ptarmiganoides hexacantha
- Eokochaspis piochensis
- Hadrocephalites rhytidodes
- Panacus palmeri
- Piochella peasleensis
- Delamarella brevispinaspis
- Mexicella stator
- Nyella immoderata
- Poliella germana
- Poliella leipalox
- Syspacephalus crassus
- Eokochaspis cabinensis
- Nephrolenellus geniculatus
- Nyella rara
- Oryctocephalites palmeri
- Ptarmiganoides
- Stephenaspis highlandensis
- Albertella fritzi
- Bolbolenellus brevispinus
- Fieldaspis superba
The 40 most often recorded, of 154.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.