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The place lots of paleontology aficionados call Extinction Canyon, situated within Nevada's Great Basin Desert, is especially noted for producing locally common whole and mostly complete early Cambrian trilobites. Other extinct organisms often found in an excellent state of preservation in the gener...

Not long ago, I uploaded to https://inyo6.coffeecup.com/reno/renofossils.html my field trip report "Plant Fossils In The Neighborhood Of Reno, Nevada." It's about two middle Miocene (15.6 to 13.3 million years old) leaf-seed-needle-fascicle (a bundle of needles), and cone-producing places ...

Not long ago, I uploaded a new page, entitled Fossil Plants, Insects And Frogs In The Vicinity Of Virginia City, Nevada over at http://inyo3.coffeecup.com/coalvalley/coalvalleyfossils.html . Contains a detailed text, with on-site images and photographs of fossils. Situated not far from Virginia City...

I've completed a new print book (pdf) called In Search Of Vanished Ages--Field Trips To Fossil Localities In California, Nevada, And Utah . 29 of the 30 fossils-related field trips are to the Mojave Desert and Great Basin. It's now available for free download over at http://inyo.coffeecup.com/site/f...

Rather recently I uploaded my latest paleontology-related web page, entitled A Visit To Fossil Valley, Great Basin Desert, Nevada ( http://inyo2.coffeecup.com/fossilvalley/fossilvalley.html ). Includes detailed text; images of fossils; and on-site photographs, as well. It's cyber-visit to a world-fa...

Not too long ago, I uploaded two new fossils-related pages: 1) Early Cambrian Fossils Of Westgard Pass, California --A world-renowned geologic wonderland several miles east of Big Pine, California, in the neighboring White-Inyo Mountains; one of the best places on the planet to examine Cambrian Expl...

Over at http://inyo2.coffeecup.com/fossilmountain/millardfossils.html I recently uploaded my latest paleontology-related page--"Fossils In Millard County, Utah." Describes two world-famous early Paleozoic Era fossil localities situated in the eastern Great Basin Desert: the 505 million yea...

we took California Highway 168 east from Bishop through the White Mountains and to the Nevada border. Once in Nevada the road becomes Nevada 266. The highway didn't disappoint. It is full of twists and rewarding views, contrasts and surprises. California 168 ascends to a 7,100-foot pass, squeezes d...

Yes, indeed. It's been solved, finally--how the mysterious sliding rocks of Death Valley National Park are propelled across the world-famous Racetrack Playa (northern sector of the vast desert park, formerly Death Valley National Monument, now with the assimilation of adjacent Wilderness lands in 19...

Over at http://inyo.coffeecup.com/site/barstowfossils/barstowfossils.html I've uploaded my new page, "Fossil Insects And Vertebrates On The Mojave Desert, California." Includes detailed text, images of fossils, and on-site photographs for virtual field trips to two world-famous localities ...