Buffalo Canyon (Miocene of the United States)

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

• white diatomite and interbedded buff-colored diatomaceous mudstone, siltstone, shale, and numerous fine pumiceous beds

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)

Taxonomic list

Osteichthyes
 Osteolepiformes - Chrysolepididae
Chrysolepis sonomensis lobe-finned fish
unclassified
  -
Angiospermae
 Sapindales - Sapindaceae
Acer negundoides MacGinitie 1933 maple
Acer oregonianum Knowlton 1902 maple
Acer medianum Knowlton 1902 maple
 Sapindales - Meliaceae
 Rosales - Ulmaceae
Ulmus speciosa Newberry 1883 elm
 Rosales - Pomaceae
 Rosales - Rosaceae
 Fabales - Fabaceae
 Fagales - Betulaceae
 Fagales - Fagaceae
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
 Malpighiales - Salicaceae
 Saxifragales - Grossulariaceae
 Saxifragales - Saxifragaceae
Hydrangea bendirei Ward 1885 hydrangea
 Lamiales - Oleaceae
 Ranunculales - Berberidaceae
 Poales - Typhaceae
Typha lesquereuxi Cockerell 1908 bulrush
Dicotyledoneae
 Myrtales - Myrtaceae
 Ericales - Vacciniaceae
 Ericales - Ericaceae
Arbutus prexalapensis Axelrod 1939 madrone
Angiospermae
 Nymphaeales - Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaeites nevadensis Brown 1938 water lily
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Hexactinellida
 Lychniscosa - Camerospongiidae
Robinia bisonensis glass sponge
Insecta
 Orthoptera - Acrididae
Mioedipoda reisereri n. gen. n. sp.
Mioedipoda reisereri n. gen. n. sp. Stidham and Stidham 2000 band-winged grasshopper
UCMP 151416