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New Pass , Churchill County, Nevada, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal) | 39.5786,-117.533 |
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Co-ordinates Derivation | estimated from map |
Given Location | Nevada, United States |
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates) | Churchill County, Nevada, USA |
Collections
Collection | Reference | Stratigraphic Name | Comments | Lithology | Age |
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New Pass (UCMP collection) | Merriam J. C. (1908) | Same collecting site as material previously described by Leidy. Leidy found "Ammonites blakei" indicating a late Anisian age. | "limestone" | 247.2 - 242 Ma Triassic |
Recorded Fossils
Accepted Name | Hierarchy | Age |
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Cymbospondylus nevadanus species | Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Shastasauridae : Cymbospondylus : Cymbospondylus nevadanus | 247.2 - 242 Ma Triassic |
References
Merriam J. C. (1908) Triassic Ichthyosauria, Memoirs of the University of California 1 1, 1-155 |
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!