Silver Peak Quad (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Esmeralda County, Nevada (37.7° N, 117.8° W: paleocoordinates 38.5° N, 115.0° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collected by Turner, H.W.; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: F. A. Lucas. 1900. A new fossil cyprinoid, Leuciscus turneri, from the Miocene of Nevada. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 22(1212):333-334 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 222558: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 01.10.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Leuciscus turneri n. sp. Lucas 1900 carp-like fish