Английская Википедия:Bell Canyon Formation
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The Bell Canyon Formation is a geologic formation found in the Delaware Basin of southeastern New Mexico and western Texas. It contains fossils characteristic of the Guadalupian Age of the Permian Period.Шаблон:Sfn
Description
The formation consists mostly of marine sandstone and siltstone, but with five interfingering tongues of gray limestone. These extend from the Capitan reef into what was then deep, anoxic water Шаблон:Convert deep of the Permian Basin. Total thickness of the formation is Шаблон:Convert.Шаблон:Sfn
Fossils
The formation's Lamar Limestone Member of Guadalupe Mountains National Park has produced fossil holocephalan teeth.Шаблон:Sfn
History of investigation
The unit was first designated as a formation by DeFord and Lloyd in 1940, who raised the Delaware Mountain Formation to group rank and designed its previously informal members as formations.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
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