Ammonite (Meekoceras gracilitatus)

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This ceratid ammonite is one of the fossils whose lowest appearance in the stratigraphic record is used to define Olenekian stage of the lower Triassic (250 ma).

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Time: Lower Triassic
Locality: Elko County, Nevada; Thaynes Limestone Formation
Specimen: UCD Geology Teaching Collection P-3052

Last Updated: 05/24/2006 3:45 PM