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Carbon Ridge locality about nine miles south of Eureka., Eureka County, Nevada, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 39.3958,-115.936 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | not explained |
Given Location | Nevada, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Eureka County, Nevada, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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Carbon Ridge locality about nine miles south of Eureka. | Lintz J., Lohr L.S. (1958) | Diamond Peak | described by Nolan, Meriam, & Williams (1956, p. 64). The beds dip approximately 800 to the southeast and are succeeded by Wolfcampian deposits. The underlying White Pine shale contact is concealed by Quaternary alluvium. The specimens are found in a single horizon occurring in a fault block approximately 500 feet in length. | "limestone" | 339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Dimegalasma eurekensis species | Animalia : Brachiopoda : Rhynchonellata : Spiriferinida : Dimegelasmidae : Dimegelasma : Dimegalasma eurekensis | 339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous |
Elkoceras volborthi species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalidae : Elkoceras : Elkoceras volborthi | 339.4 - 318.1 Ma Carboniferous |
References
Lintz J., Lohr L.S. (1958) Two new invertebrates from the Mississippian of Nevada, Journal of Paleontology 32 5, 977-980 |
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!