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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• upper part of lower mbr. according to Kelly 1995a
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Reptilia | |
Coluber sp. Linnaeus 1758 racer | |
Actinopteri | |
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