Also known as PA 291
Where: Churchill County, Nevada (39.2° N, 117.8° W: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 114.2° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Buffalo Canyon Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; poorly lithified shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: D. I. Axelrod. 1991. The Early Miocene Buffalo Canyon Flora of Western Nevada. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 135:1-76 [B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney/B. Tiffney]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27179: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Bruce Tiffney on 21.11.2002, edited by Carrie Glavich and Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
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