Pogonip Group

Pogonip Group
Stratigraphic range: Early Ordovician stage
Ordovician period
Type Geologic group
Sub-units Antelope Valley Limestone
Ninemile Formation
Goodwin Limestone
Underlies Copenhagen Formation
Overlies Windfall Formation
Location
Region Nevada
Utah
Country United States

The Pogonip Group is an Ordovician period geologic group located in southern Nevada and in Utah.

Geology

Its subunits in Nevada, from youngest/later to oldest/earlier, are:

It preserves fossils dating back to the Early Ordovician stage of the Ordovician period.

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