File:Geological time spiral - sharper.pngPaleontology from Greek: pa?a??? "old, ancient", ??, ??t- "being, creature", and ????? "speech, thought" is the study of prehistory life, including organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments .... research mission in northern Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a U.S. state located in the Western United States of the United States of America. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas, Nevada.... in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U... . The expedition recovered many of the finest specimens of ichthyosaur
Ichthyosaur
Ichthyosaurs were giant marine reptiles that resembled fish and dolphins. Ichthyosaurs thrived during much of the Mesozoic era; based on fossil evidence, they first appeared approximately 245 million years ago and disappeared about 90 million years ago, about 25 million years before the dinosaurs became extinct.... ever found.
John Campbell Merriam was an United States paleontologist. The first vertebrate paleontologist on the West Coast of the United States, he is best known for his taxonomy of vertebrate fossils at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California, particularly with the genus Smilodon, more commonly known as the sabertooth cat.... of the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University system and the California Community Colleges s... and was financed by Annie Montague Alexander
Annie Montague Alexander
Annie Montague Alexander was an United States philanthropist and paleontology collector. She is best known as the benefactress of the University of California Museum of Paleontology , Museum of Vertebrate Zoology , and the financier of university museum collections as well as a series of important paleontological expeditions to the western U... , who four years earlier as a student in Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland, California and Emeryville, California.... had become interested in Merriam's work. The expedition examined Triassic
Triassic
The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 251 to 199 annum . As the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Triassic follows the Permian and is followed by the Jurassic.... limestone
Limestone
File:Limestone Formation In Waitomo.jpgLimestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcite . The deposition of limestone strata is often a by-product and indicator of biological activity in the geology record.... s in the West Humboldt Range
West Humboldt Range
The West Humboldt Range is a short mountain range in the western Great Basin in northwestern Nevada in the United States. It runs for approximately 40 mi southwest to northeast in northern Churchill County, Nevada and southern Pershing County, Nevada.... northeast of Reno
Reno, Nevada
Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, Nevada, United States. A 2006 estimate indicated that the city's population had increased to 214,853, but ranked Reno as the third largest city in the state following Las Vegas, Nevada, and Henderson, Nevada.... , progressing into central Nevada south to the Shoshone Mountains
Shoshone Mountains
also located in Nye County.The Shoshone Mountains, in central Nevada, make up one of the longest mountain ranges in the state. The range runs in a north-south direction, mostly in Nye County, Nevada, but also occupies part of Lander County, Nevada.... .
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File:Geological time spiral - sharper.pngPaleontology from Greek: pa?a??? "old, ancient", ??, ??t- "being, creature", and ????? "speech, thought" is the study of prehistory life, including organisms' evolution and interactions with each other and their environments .... research mission in northern Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a U.S. state located in the Western United States of the United States of America. The capital is Carson City and the largest city is Las Vegas, Nevada.... in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U... . The expedition recovered many of the finest specimens of ichthyosaur
Ichthyosaur
Ichthyosaurs were giant marine reptiles that resembled fish and dolphins. Ichthyosaurs thrived during much of the Mesozoic era; based on fossil evidence, they first appeared approximately 245 million years ago and disappeared about 90 million years ago, about 25 million years before the dinosaurs became extinct.... ever found.
John Campbell Merriam was an United States paleontologist. The first vertebrate paleontologist on the West Coast of the United States, he is best known for his taxonomy of vertebrate fossils at the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California, particularly with the genus Smilodon, more commonly known as the sabertooth cat.... of the University of California
University of California
The University of California is a public university system in the U.S. state of California. Under the California Master Plan for Higher Education, the University of California is a part of the state's three-tier public higher education system, which also includes the California State University system and the California Community Colleges s... and was financed by Annie Montague Alexander
Annie Montague Alexander
Annie Montague Alexander was an United States philanthropist and paleontology collector. She is best known as the benefactress of the University of California Museum of Paleontology , Museum of Vertebrate Zoology , and the financier of university museum collections as well as a series of important paleontological expeditions to the western U... , who four years earlier as a student in Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Berkeley is a city on the east shore of San Francisco Bay in Northern California, in the United States. Its neighbors to the south are the cities of Oakland, California and Emeryville, California.... had become interested in Merriam's work. The expedition examined Triassic
Triassic
The Triassic is a geologic period that extends from about 251 to 199 annum . As the first period of the Mesozoic Era, the Triassic follows the Permian and is followed by the Jurassic.... limestone
Limestone
File:Limestone Formation In Waitomo.jpgLimestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcite . The deposition of limestone strata is often a by-product and indicator of biological activity in the geology record.... s in the West Humboldt Range
West Humboldt Range
The West Humboldt Range is a short mountain range in the western Great Basin in northwestern Nevada in the United States. It runs for approximately 40 mi southwest to northeast in northern Churchill County, Nevada and southern Pershing County, Nevada.... northeast of Reno
Reno, Nevada
Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, Nevada, United States. A 2006 estimate indicated that the city's population had increased to 214,853, but ranked Reno as the third largest city in the state following Las Vegas, Nevada, and Henderson, Nevada.... , progressing into central Nevada south to the Shoshone Mountains
Shoshone Mountains
also located in Nye County.The Shoshone Mountains, in central Nevada, make up one of the longest mountain ranges in the state. The range runs in a north-south direction, mostly in Nye County, Nevada, but also occupies part of Lander County, Nevada.... . Some of the specimens were returned to Berkeley and became part of the collection of the University of California Museum of Paleontology
University of California Museum of Paleontology
The University of California Museum of Paleontology is a paleontology museum located on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, California, USA.... , which Alexander helped found and underwrite. Other specimens found by the expedition are visible at Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park
Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park
The environment of Nevada comprises diverse biotas, climates, and geologies. Environmental regulations and the environmental movement have aimed to respond to environmental threats.... in central Nevada.
