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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.
Mammals
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Genus |
Species |
Presence
|
Material |
Notes |
Images
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Apatemys
|
A. bellus
|
Near
Ely, Nevada.
[1]
|
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An
apatothere.
|
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Elymys
|
E. complexus
|
Near
Ely, Nevada.
[2]
|
|
A rodent, possibly of the family
Zapodidae.
|
|
Ischyromyidae
|
|
Near
Ely, Nevada.
[2]
|
|
|
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Knightomys
|
|
Near
Ely, Nevada.
[2]
|
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A rodent represented by material not assignable to species.
[2]
|
|
Mattimys
|
|
Near
Ely, Nevada.
[2]
|
|
A rodent represented by material not assignable to species.
[2]
|
|
Microparamys
|
M. sambucus
|
Near
Ely, Nevada.
[2]
|
|
A
rodent.
|
|
Notharctus
|
N. tenebrosus
|
Near
Ely, Nevada.
[1]
|
Upper and lower jaws.
[3]
|
A
primate.
|
|
Nyctitheriidae
|
|
Near
Ely, Nevada.
[1]
|
|
At least one nyctitheriid present.
|
|
Palaeochiropteryx
|
P. sambuceus
|
"Elderberry Canyon Quarry in the
Egan Range near
Ely, White Pine County".
[4]
|
Partial skeleton (USNM PAL 417350) and left dentary (USNM PAL 706598).
[4]
|
A
palaeochiropterygid bat.
|
|
Pantolestes
|
P. longicaudus
|
Near
Ely, Nevada.
[1]
|
|
A
pantolestid.
|
|
Pauromys
|
P. exallos
|
Near
Ely, Nevada.
[2]
|
|
A
rodent.
|
|
Reithroparamys
|
R. delicatissimus
|
Near
Ely, Nevada.
[2]
|
|
A
rodent.
|
|
cf. R. huerfanensis
|
Near
Ely, Nevada.
[2]
|
|
A
rodent.
|
|
Sciuravus
|
S. sp.
|
Near
Ely, Nevada.
[2]
|
|
A
rodent represented by material not assignable to species.
[2]
|
|
Sonor
|
S. handae
|
"Elderberry Canyon Quarry in the
Egan Range near
Ely, White Pine County".
[4]
|
Left dentary (USNM PAL 544091).
[4]
|
A
vespertilionid bat.
|
|
cf.
Tetrapassalus
|
cf. T. mckennai
|
Near
Ely, Nevada.
[1]
|
|
An
epoicotheriid.
|
|
Trogolemur
|
T. myodes
|
Near
Ely, Nevada.
[1]
|
|
An
anaptomorphine primate.
|
|
Volactrix
|
V. simmonsae
|
"Elderberry Canyon Quarry in the
Egan Range near
Ely, White Pine County".
[4]
|
Right and left
dentaries.
[4]
|
An
onychonycterid bat.
|
|
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f 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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l 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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f 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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f 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.