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词条 Banner Formation
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| type = Geologic formation
| age = Late Mississippian stage,
Carboniferous Period
| prilithology = conglomerate, sandstone, limestone
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| region = Elko County, Nevada
| country = United States
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| unitof = Antler orogeny
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| underlies = Nelson Formation
| overlies = Grossman Formation
| thickness ={{convert|600|ft|m}} (maximum)
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The Banner Formation is a Carboniferous period geologic formation in northern Elko County, Nevada. [1]

It is composed of conglomerate, sandstone, and limestone.

Fossils

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}}
  • List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nevada
  • Paleontology in Nevada

References

1. ^[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.
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}}
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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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