Eighty Six Historic Fossils of Nevada’s Fortieth Parallel

Posted in Great Basin, Nevada by nevadan on November 19, 2011

Learn about the fossil sea life (ammonites, belemnites, brachiopods, corals and trilobites) discovered along Nevada’s fortieth parallel during Clarence King’s Geological Exploration of the Fortieth Parallel, 1867 -1872.

Exquisite specimens of hundreds of fossils were collected and sent to Washington, D.C. for further study by a team of paleontologists with King’s outfit, and eighty six of those fossils are featured here. They were collected near present day Lovelock, Austin, Eureka and Ely.

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pozycjonowanie krakow said, on December 12, 2011 at 5:31 pm

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- nevadan said, on January 22, 2012 at 5:48 pm
  
  Thank you for your kind remark.
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