Eagle-Pilcher Quarry (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Churchill County, Nevada (39.5° N, 119.1° W: paleocoordinates 39.9° N, 117.5° W)

• coordinate stated in text

When: middle Member (Truckee Formation), Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; diatomite

• "quiet, nearshore, slightly saline environment"

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. Ruben. 1971. A Pliocene colubrid snake (Reptilia: Colubridae) from west-central Nevada. PaleoBios (13)1-19 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 192039: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 03.03.2018

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Taxonomic list

• upper part of lower mbr. according to Kelly 1995a
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Actinopteri
 Perciformes - Gasterosteidae
Gasterosteus doryssus
Gasterosteus doryssus perch-like fish
gut contents of Coluber specimen
Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Coluber sp.
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758 racer