Fish Creek Range (PROXY): Aptian, Nevada
collected by Bonde 2008
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Unionida
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Unionida indet.
(Stoliczka 1871)
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freshwater mussel | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Iguanodontidae
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Iguanodontidae indet.
Bonaparte 1850
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3 specimens | |||||||||
tooth, metapodial & ungual (SCNHM VRD 203 A, B) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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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] |