词条 | Banner Formation |
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| name = Banner Formation | image = | caption = | type = Geologic formation | age = Late Mississippian stage, Carboniferous Period | prilithology = conglomerate, sandstone, limestone | otherlithology = | namedfor = | namedby = | region = Elko County, Nevada | country = United States | coordinates = | unitof = Antler orogeny | subunits = | underlies = Nelson Formation | overlies = Grossman Formation | thickness ={{convert|600|ft|m}} (maximum) | extent = | area = | map = | map_caption = }} The Banner Formation is a Carboniferous period geologic formation in northern Elko County, Nevada. [1] It is composed of conglomerate, sandstone, and limestone.
It preserves fossils dating back to the Early Late Mississippian stage of the Carboniferous period during the Paleozoic Era. [2] See also{{Portal|Carboniferous|Nevada|Paleontology}}
References1. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=QJkwT30_P6cC&pg=PA44&lpg=PA44&dq=Banner+Formation+Nevada&source=bl&ots=Yn46QxnJ3a&sig=9soKIpAz3KzPhcXhcdUjnxlbdo4&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjugLXEz7rMAhWB7iYKHeDxBQoQ6AEIJzAC#v=onepage&q=Banner%20Formation%20Nevada&f=false Google Books: Geology of Nevada: A Discussion to Accompany the Geologic Map of Nevada], by John Harris Stewart. {{-}}{{Nevada-geologic-formation-stub}}{{Carboniferous-stub}}2. ^{{cite web|title= Fossilworks: Gateway to the Paleobiology Database|author= Various Contributors to the Paleobiology Database|url= http://www.fossilworks.org/|accessdate= 8 July 2014}} 6 : Carboniferous geology of Nevada|Geography of Elko County, Nevada|Mississippian Series|Mississippian United States|Geologic formations of Nevada|Carboniferous southern paleotropical deposits |
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