Winnemucca Formation

Winnemucca Formation
Stratigraphic range: Triassic period
Type Geologic formation
Location
Region Northwestern Nevada
Country United States
Type section
Named for Chief Winnemucca (Paiute leader)

The Winnemucca Formation is a Triassic period geologic formation in northwestern Nevada. It is found in the Sonoma Range in Humboldt County, Nevada.[1]

It preserves fossils dating back to the Triassic period of the Mesozoic Era.

See also

References

  1. Google books: Basement Tectonics 8: Thick skinned overstep tectonics in the Sonoma Range edited by Mervin J. Bartholomew, Donald W. Hyndman, David Mogk, Robert Mason.
Triassic Period
Lower/Early Triassic Middle Triassic Upper/Late Triassic
Induan |Olenekian Anisian | Ladinian Carnian | Norian
Rhaetian


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