Star Canyon (Triassic of the United States)

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
 Ichthyosauria - Cymbospondylidae
Chonespondylus grandis Leidy 1868 ichthyosaur
Cymbospondylus petrinus Leidy 1868 ichthyosaur