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This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Nevada, U.S. Sites. Group or Formation Period ... Park City Group/Gerster Formation:
Fossil Legends of the First Americans. Princeton University Press. 2005. ISBN 0-691-11345-9. Murray, Marian (1974). Hunting for Fossils: A Guide to Finding and Collecting Fossils in All 50 States. Collier Books. p. 348. ISBN 9780020935506. Nevada Facts and State Emblems. Nevada Legislature. Accessed 01-03-13.
This list of fossil sites is a worldwide list of localities known well for the presence of fossils. Some entries in this list are notable for a single, unique find, while others are notable for the large number of fossils found there.
Fossil of the Middle-Late Ordovician trilobite Ceraurus †Ceraurus †Chancelloria †Chancia †Chonetes †Chonetes logani †Cladochonus †Cladodus †Cleiothyridina †Cleiothyridina ciriacksi †Cleiothyridina deroissyi †Cleiothyridina elegans †Cleiothyridina orbicularis †Climacograptus †Climacograptus innotatus
Once a tropical sea, the site — part of Nevada’s Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park — now sits in a dry, dusty landscape near an abandoned mining town, said lead author Randy Irmis, a ...
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument, a United States National Monument near Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada, was established in 2014 to protect Ice Age paleontological discoveries. The 22,650-acre (9,170 ha) monument is administered by the National Park Service .
The Gabbs Formation is a geologic formation in Nevada.It preserves fossils dating back to the Late Triassic and Early Jurassic periods, and is one of the few formations in the United States known to include the Triassic-Jurassic boundary.
Several specimens were left where they were found, and can be viewed by the public. These specimens are protected from the elements by a large barn. The fossils are about a 10-minute drive from the Berlin ghost town. The ichthyosaur fossils were designated a National Natural Landmark in 1973. [5]