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they called the Si-Teh-Cahs. The ancestral Paiutes supposedly killed the Si-Teh-Cahs by trapping them in Lovelock Cave and lighting a huge fire to smother them with the smoke. When the Paiutes returned to the cave, it smelt of their burnt remains. Some of the details in the story correspond with the
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251-201 MA During the Triassic most of Central and Northern Nevada was a shallow tropical seaway. Famous ammonite localities occur from Esmeralda County north through Churchill County, into Humboldt County. The most famous of vertebrate inhabitants of this shallow seaway were ichthyosaurs, a diverse
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While the Central and Northern part of Nevada were marine, southern Nevada was on the edge of the continent. Many of the same geological formations found in other southwest states are also exposed in southern Nevada. The oldest of these is the Moenkopi Formation, which recently produced the oldest
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records are plentiful across the state. These Neogene basins record a diverse mammalian biota including camels, horses, giant ground sloths, rhinos, tapirs, and other common Neogene taxa. During this time much of Nevada is also occupied by oak and redwood forests rather than the modern sagebrush
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fossil story of Nevada is that of a warm, shallow, tropical sea, with a few exceptions towards the Late Paleozoic. As such, many fossils across the state are those of marine animals, such as trilobites, brachiopods, bryozoans, honeycomb corals, archaeocyaths, and horn corals.
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periods. Most of the animals uncovered were freshwater mollusks. A significant proportion were previously unknown to science. Another significant early fossil discovery in Nevada happened entirely serendipitously. Around the time of the
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from the Spring Mountains, and abundant petrified wood where ever else it is exposed. These unit record the transition from tidal flats to swamping fluvial environments in southern Nevada during the Triassic.
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when he serendipitously discovered the skull of a ground sloth in Gypsum Cave in southern Nevada. Harrington later returned to the site and uncovered more of the sloth's bones.
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began. The Antler Orogeny continued into the Early Carboniferous. Dropping sea levels exposed regions of Nevada as dry land. Environments of eastern Nevada included
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the story of Nevada is one of extension. As the mountains that had been built while dinosaurs were alive began to fall down under their own weight, the modern
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In 1933, the Tule Springs Expedition, led by Fenley Hunter, was the first major effort to explore the archaeological importance of the area surrounding
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Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; and Osmólska, Halszka (eds.): The Dinosauria, 2nd, Berkeley: University of California Press. 861 pp. 
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needed more room. The sandstone walls were blasted to create material for constructing a workshop. The blasting revealed a variety of
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smells comparable to burnt human remains. Red-haired human mummies were also found in the cave. These were promoted by some as being
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period, northern and central Nevada were shallow seaways between mountainous island arcs, while in southern Nevada the same story as
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Mesozoic vertebrate tracks from the state of Nevada. Overlying the Moenkopi Fm is the Chinle Fm, which has produced some isolated
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life was preserved in the sediments composing what are now known as the Truckie Beds of the Kawich Mountains northeast of modern
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fossils of creatures like freshwater mollusks, mastodons, and rhinoceros were found in the Kawich Mountains northeast of
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time all of Nevada was above sea level and was mostly mountainous. In the shallow seaways of the Triassic lived the
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contains ground sloths, mammoths, prehistoric horses and American camels and the first giant condors in Nevada.
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After the Paleozoic, tectonic activity on the western margin of North America increased. This increase in
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and animal life spanning the past 650 million years of time. The earliest fossils from the state are from
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physical details of Lovelock cave. The cave does preserve evidence for ancient fires and the cave's deep
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There is additional evidence for knowledge of fossils among local indigenous peoples. The Paiute and
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period. However, the western part of the state was still relatively deep. It was home to a rich
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area. Their field site was perched at an altitude of 6,000 feet and lay between the basins of
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is very rich. One site preserved the footprints of a diverse menagerie of creatures including
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fauna. During the Triassic, many invertebrates lived and died in the area now occupied by the
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biota of Triassic ichthyosaurs has been found across the state, including the state fossil
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from this time period were preserved in those areas of the state. More than 500 kinds of
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remains found in Nevada may have helped inspire other local beliefs in monstrous birds.
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The first serious paleontological field work in Nevada prospected for fossils in the
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Mountains were raised. Volcanic activity was still ongoing. Local wildlife included
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periods of the Paleozoic era. Most of the invertebrates known from this time were
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Hunting for Fossils: A Guide to Finding and Collecting Fossils in All 50 States
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Mayor (2005); "Red-Haired Cannibal Giants of Lovelock Cave, Nevada", page 343.
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Mayor (2005); "Red-Haired Cannibal Giants of Lovelock Cave, Nevada", page 342.
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Mayor (2005); "Paiute and Ute Fossil Knowledge in the Great Basin", page 152.
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Mayor (2005); "Paiute and Ute Fossil Knowledge in the Great Basin", page 151.
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and Cretaceous periods, dinosaurs and other land animals roamed the state.
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or were completely unknown to science before their discovery here. By the
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in addition to their fossil-derived myths about the Si-Teh-Cahs. Fossil
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University of California Museum of Paleontology, Berkeley, California
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eastern and southern Nevada was being gradually covered by a shallow
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Natural history museums and museums with significant Nevada Fossils
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forced portions of Nevada formerly below sea level higher. In the
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Weishampel, et al. (2004); "3.9 Nevada, United States", page 582.
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were found. In 1912 a slab of rock preserving fish, a primitive
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regularly shook the state during the Cenozoic. Some of Nevada's
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Noble, Scotchmoor, Springer (2005); "Paleontology and geology".
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Noble, Paula, Judy Scotchmoor, Dale Springer. July 1, 2005. "
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Early in 1900 a new Nevada fossil site was discovered in the
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played out in the swamps at the edge of the continent. By
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research occurring within or conducted by people from the
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teeth from the Muddy Mountains, some associated bones of
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formed in Nevada. Local wildlife included creatures like
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W.M. Keck Earth Science and Mineral Engineering Museum
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of northwestern Nevada believe that the region around
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Mayor (2005); "Apache Fossil Legends", pages 162-163.
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at the time. On land Nevada was home to a variety of
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Paleontological research in the U.S. state of Nevada
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These may be the remnants of ancient 281:fossils from Nevada include "twigs" of 1486: 604:identified the tracks as belonging to 539: 521:fossils found north of Lovelock Cave. 381:. As the Cenozoic continued, Nevada's 318:geologic upheaval created the state's 108:; typified by the Nevada State Fossil 1172: 1085:Fossil Legends of the First Americans 1059: 1050: 663:. There naturally occurring casts of 1087:. Princeton University Press. 2005. 600:. In 1882 paleontologists from the 13: 14: 1520: 1200:Paleontology in the United States 1152: 1509:Science and technology in Nevada 1098: 992: 932: 917: 893: 857: 802: 788: 724:Nevada State Museum, Carson City 715:Las Vegas Natural History Museum 703:Tule Springs Archaeological Site 295:trees. Local dinosaurs included 1020: 998: 147:of Nevada is typified by large 1131:. Accessed September 21, 2012. 1118:Nevada Facts and State Emblems 1103:. 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Index


state of Nevada
paleontological
U.S.
Nevada
fossil
record
plants
Esmeralda County
Proterozoic
stromatolite
cyanobacteria
Cloudina
Proterozoic
Paleozoic
tectonism
Triassic
Petrified Forest National Park
Cretaceous
Ichthyosaurs
Shonisaurus popularis
Jurassic
Mesozoic
Cenozoic
Basin and Range
Paleogene
Neogene
Quaternary
pluvial lakes
Lake Lahontan

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