Also known as Humboldt Co.
Where: Pershing County, Nevada (40.5° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 14.5° N, 49.4° W)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Triassic (251.9 - 201.4 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, blue, cherty/siliceous limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J. Leidy. 1868. Notice of some reptilian remains from Nevada. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 109:177-178 [M. Carrano/H. Street]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 101860: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Hallie Street on 04.01.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
Chonespondylus grandis Leidy 1868 ichthyosaur
Cymbospondylus petrinus Leidy 1868 ichthyosaur |