Sheep_Pass_Formation

Sheep Pass Formation

Sheep Pass Formation

Geologic formation in Nevada, United States

The Sheep Pass Formation is a geologic formation in Nevada. It preserves fossils dating back to the Paleogene period.

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References

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    Emry, Robert J. (1990-01-01). "Mammals of the Bridgerian (middle Eocene) Elderberry Canyon Local Fauna of eastern Nevada". Dawn of the Age of Mammals in the northern part of the Rocky Mountain Interior, North America. Geological Society of America Special Papers. Vol. 243. pp. 187–210. doi:10.1130/SPE243-p187. ISBN 0-8137-2243-8.
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    Emry, Robert J.; Korth, William W. (1989). "Rodents of the Bridgerian (Middle Eocene) Elderberry Canyon Local Fauna of Eastern Nevada". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (67): 1–14. doi:10.5479/si.00810266.67.1. ISSN 0081-0266.
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    Perry, Jonathan M. G.; Gunnell, Gregg F.; Emry, Robert J. (2017-07-04). "New cranial material of Notharctus (Mammalia, Primates, Notharctidae) from the Sheep Pass Formation, Elderberry Canyon, Nevada, with implications for incisor morphology and paleogeography of notharctine primates". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 37 (4): e1331914. Bibcode:2017JVPal..37E1914P. doi:10.1080/02724634.2017.1331914. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 133982802.
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    Czaplewski, Nicholas J.; Morgan, Gary S.; Emry, Robert J.; Gignac, Paul M.; O'Brien, Haley D. (2022-05-25). "Three New Early Middle Eocene Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) from Elderberry Canyon, Nevada, USA". Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology (106): 2–25. doi:10.5479/si.19874677. ISSN 1943-6688. S2CID 249114343.
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    Bonde, Joshua W.; Druschke, Peter A.; Hilton, Richard P.; Henrici, Amy C.; Rowland, Stephen M. (2020). "Preservation of latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)-Paleocene frogs (Eorubeta nevadensis) of the Sheep Pass Formation of east-central Nevada and implications for paleogeography of the Nevadaplano". PeerJ. 8: e9455. doi:10.7717/peerj.9455. ISSN 2167-8359. PMC 7341540. PMID 32704447.
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    "Abstract: TWO DISTINCT FROG DEATH ASSEMBLAGES FROM THE SHEEP PASS FORMATION (MAASTRICHTIAN-EOCENE), EAST-CENTRAL NEVADA (2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009))". gsa.confex.com. Retrieved 2022-09-01.


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