Miopelodytes type locality: Middle Miocene, Nevada
collected by W. L. Sheeler
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Stegocephali
- Temnospondyli
- Pelodytidae
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Miopelodytes gilmorei n. gen., n. sp.
Taylor 1941
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parsley frog |
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Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Elko |
| Coordinates: | 40.8° North, 115.8° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 41.5° North, 112.9° West | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.97 - 11.61 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 |
| Taphonomy comments: frog specimen includes "soft fossilized bone" and an "unmistakable imprint of the skin" | |
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: | 2009-10-27 17:54:03 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-10-27 15:54:03 |
Reference information
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