Sunrise Formation
| Sunrise Formation | |
|---|---|
| Stratigraphic range: Hettangian-Sinemurian ~ | |
| Type | Formation |
| Sub-units | Ferguson Hill & New York Canyon members |
| Overlies | Gabbs Formation |
| Lithology | |
| Primary | Limestone |
| Other | Shale, siltstone, sandstone |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 38°30′N 118°06′W / 38.5°N 118.1°W |
| Approximate paleocoordinates | 19°30′N 56°12′W / 19.5°N 56.2°W |
| Region | Nevada |
| Country |  United States |
| Extent | Gabbs Valley Range |
  Sunrise Formation (the United States)  Sunrise Formation (Nevada) | |
The Sunrise Formation is a geologic formation in Nevada. It preserves fossils dating back to the Hettangian to Sinemurian stages of the Early Jurassic period.[1]
Fossil content[edit]
Among others, the following fossils have been reported from the formation:
- Ammonites
- Bivalves
- Echinoids
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- Taylor, D., and J. Guex. 2021. Early Sinemurian ammonoids and biochronology of the Sunrise Formation, New York Canyon, Mineral County, Nevada. New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 82. 371–391. .
- Taylor, D., and J. Guex. 2002. The Triassic/Jurassic System boundary in the John Day Inlier, east-central Oregon. Oregon Geology 64. 3-28. .
- Taylor, D.G. 1998. Late Hettangian-early Sinemurian (Jurassic) ammonite biochronology of the western Cordillera, United States. Geobios 31. 467-497. .
- Guex, J. 1995. Ammonites hettangiennes de la Gabbs Valley Range (Nevada, USA). Mémoires de Géologie (Lausanne) 27. 1-131. .
- Poulton, T. P. 1979. Jurassic Trigoniid Bivalves from Canada and Western United States of America. Geological Survey of Canada Bulletin 282. .. .
- Jesionek-Szymanska, W. 1970. On a new pygasterid (Echinoidea) from the Jurassic (middle Lias) of Nevada, U.S.A.. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 15. 411-419. .