Purple Mountain Flora 702 (Miocene of the United States)
Also known as 702
Where: Lyon County, Nevada (39.6° N, 119.3° W: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 116.7° W)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Chloropagus Formation, Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified, black, gray shale
• Dark gray to black shale
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Collection methods: quarrying, mechanical,
Primary reference: D.I. Axelrod. 1995. The Miocene Purple Mountain Flora of Western Nevada. 139:1-62 [B. Tiffney/M. Sherwood/B. Tiffney]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 27629: authorized by Bruce Tiffney, entered by Michael Sherwood on 16.12.2002, edited by Julia Fosdick
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