New Pass (UCMP collection): Illyrian, Nevada
collected 1906
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Cymbospondylidae
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Cymbospondylus nevadanus n. sp.
Merriam 1908
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Lander |
| Coordinates: | 39.6° North, 117.5° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 10.1° North, 41.8° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Triassic | Epoch: | Middle Triassic |
| Stage: | Anisian | 10 m.y. bin: | Triassic 2 |
| Key time interval: | Illyrian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 243.80000 - 242.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Same collecting site as material previously described by Leidy. Leidy found "Ammonites blakei" indicating a late Anisian age. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | carbonate indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
| Museum repositories: | UCMP | Collection dates: | 1906 |
Metadata
| Database number: | 75086 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-09-21 12:46:16 | Last modified: | 2019-09-19 21:31:16 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-09-21 12:46:16 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 49358. | J. C. Merriam. 1908. Triassic Ichthyosauria. Memoirs of the University of California 1(1):1-155 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |