Winnemucca Formation Explained

Winnemucca Formation
Type:Geologic formation
Age:Triassic period
Namedfor:Chief Winnemucca (Paiute leader)
Region:Northwestern Nevada
Country:United States

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

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

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  1. Mervin J. Bartholomew, Donald W. Hyndman, David Mogk, Robert Mason (eds), Basement Tectonics 8: Thick skinned overstep tectonics in the Sonoma Range, p 259. Springer Science & Business Media, 2012.