Nevada Group

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Nevada Group (abandoned)
Stratigraphic range: Devonian
TypeGroup
Location
RegionNevada
CountryUnited 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". Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  2. ^ No label or title -- debug: Q66828661, Wikidata Q66828661, stated at National Geologic Map Database: Geolex — Significant Publications