Miopelodytes type locality (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Elko County, Nevada (40.8° N, 115.8° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 112.9° W)

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Elko Shales Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• "Middle Miocene"

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithified shale

• probably lacustrine based on lithology and general tectonic setting
• "shale slab"

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, soft parts

Collected by W. L. Sheeler; reposited in the USNM

Primary reference: E. H. Taylor. 1941. A new anuran from the middle Miocene of Nevada. University of Kansas Science Bulletin 27(4):61-69 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 92027: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.10.2009

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Salientia - Pelodytidae
Miopelodytes gilmorei n. gen. n. sp.
Miopelodytes gilmorei n. gen. n. sp. Taylor 1941 parsley frog