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Labor-of-Love Cave , White Pine County, Nevada, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 39.3667,-114.6 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | based on nearby landmark |
Given Location | Nevada, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | White Pine County, Nevada, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Labor-of-Love Cave (BC-1) | Emslie S. D., Czaplewski N. J. (1985) | two mid-Holocene radiocarbon dates on bear bones are rejected by the authors and the cave is believed to have been "sealed since at least the close of the Pleistocene" | siltstone | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene | |
Labor-of-Love Cave (BC-2) | Emslie S. D., Czaplewski N. J. (1985) | two mid-Holocene radiocarbon dates on bear bones are rejected by the authors and the cave is believed to have been "sealed since at least the close of the Pleistocene" | gravel | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Artiodactyla order | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Ovis canadensis species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Bovidae : Ovis : Ovis canadensis | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Arctodus simus species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Ursidae : Arctodus : Arctodus simus | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Ursus americanus species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Ursidae : Ursus : Ursus americanus | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
Ursus arctos species | Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Ursidae : Ursus : Ursus arctos | 0.126 - 0.0117 Ma Pleistocene |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!