Miopelodytes type locality: Middle Miocene, Nevada
collected by W. L. Sheeler

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelodytidae
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada County:Elko
Coordinates: 40.8° North, 115.8° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.6° North, 110.5° West (Wright 2013)
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Middle Miocene
Age range of interval: 15.98 - 11.63 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Elko Shales
Stratigraphy comments: "Middle Miocene"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "shale"
Lithology description: "shale slab"
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Geology comments: probably lacustrine based on lithology and general tectonic setting
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression,soft parts
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:USNM
Collectors:W. L. Sheeler
Metadata
Database number:92027
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2009-10-27 15:54:03 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2009-10-27 15:54:03
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
30968. 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]