Fish Creek Range (PROXY): Aptian, Nevada
collected by Bonde 2008

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Unionida
Unionida indet. (Stoliczka 1871)
freshwater mussel
Reptilia - Iguanodontidae
Iguanodontidae indet. Bonaparte 1850
3 specimens
tooth, metapodial & ungual (SCNHM VRD 203 A, B)
Reptilia
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
eggshell
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada County:Eureka
Coordinates: 39.3° North, 116.1° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.0° North, 67.1° West
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Aptian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 3
Key time interval:Aptian
Age range of interval:125.00000 - 113.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Newark Canyon
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,brown,green,red calcareous mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "The second fossiliferous lithofacies consists of calcareous, fine-grained mudrocks. These beds are easily eroded and thus are not well defined in outcrop (Figure13A). These beds range in color from dark brown, to red, to green."
Environment:crevasse splay
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Associated major elements:some
Disassociated major elements:some
Disassociated minor elements:some
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (float),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:Bonde Collection dates:2008
Metadata
Database number:181587
Authorizer:M. Carrano Enterer:M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-09-19 16:16:27 Last modified:2023-11-20 11:07:41
Access level:the public Released:2016-09-19 16:16:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

60390. J. W. Bonde, R. P. Hilton, F. D. Jackson and P. A. Druschke. 2015. Fauna of the Newark Canyon Formation (Lower Cretaceous), east-central Nevada. In W. M. Pennell & L. J. Garside (ed.), New Concepts and Discoveries. 2015 Geological Society of Nevada Symposium 2:721-732 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]