The Buffalo Canyon Formation is a
geologic formation in
Nevada. It preserves
fossils
A fossil (from Classical Latin , ) is any preserved remains, impression, or trace of any once-living thing from a past geological age. Examples include bones, shells, exoskeletons, stone imprints of animals or microbes, objects preserved in ...
dating back to the
Neogene
The Neogene ( ), informally Upper Tertiary or Late Tertiary, is a geologic period and system that spans 20.45 million years from the end of the Paleogene Period million years ago ( Mya) to the beginning of the present Quaternary Period Mya. ...
period.
See also
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List of fossiliferous stratigraphic units in Nevada
This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Nevada, U.S.
Sites
See also
* Paleontology in Nevada
References
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Nevada
Stratigraphic units
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Paleontology in Nevada
Paleontology in Nevada refers to paleontological research occurring within or conducted by people from the U.S. state of Nevada. Nevada has a rich fossil record of plants and animal life spanning the past 650 million years of time. The earliest fo ...
References
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Neogene geology of Nevada
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