Sheep Pass Canyon (Paleocene of the United States)

Where: White Pine County, Nevada (38.7° N, 115.1° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 49.9° N, 84.9° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: C Member (Sheep Pass Formation), Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: J. D. Gardner and D. G. DeMar. 2013. Mesozoic and Palaeocene lissamphibian assemblages of North America: a comprehensive review. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 93:459-515 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 192234: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 17.03.2018

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia - Leptodactylidae
Eorubeta nevadensis Hecht 1960 frog