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    The Bird Spring Formation is a geologic formation in Nevada. It preserves fossils dating back to the Carboniferous and Permian periods. Earth sciences...
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    chaetetid from the Bird Spring Formation (Upper Carboniferous) of southern Nevada. Cross-section of a fossil chaetetid (Bird Spring Formation, Upper Carboniferous...
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    Fossil (redirect from Fossil formation)
    from Indiana Recrystallized bivalve shell with sparry calcite from Bird Spring Formation Replacement occurs when the shell, bone, or other tissue is replaced...
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    Heath Formation, Montana". Journal of Paleontology. 16 (3): 293–300. JSTOR 1298905. Dunn, David L. (1965). "Late Mississippian conodonts from the Bird Spring...
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    Pellets (a type of peloid) and a brachiopod shell visible in a limestone thin-section; Bird Spring Formation (Carboniferous) of southern Nevada....
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  • sediment and sparry calcite cement in a recrystallized bivalve shell; Bird Spring Formation (Carboniferous) of southern Nevada, USA. Bioclasts in an Ordovician...
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  • location for the base of a stage) for the Bashkirian is in the lower Bird Spring Formation at Arrow Canyon, Nevada. The Bashkirian contains six biozones based...
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    vary across bird families but variations within species are thought to be driven by environmental conditions. A unique system is the formation of trios where...
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    conodont Declinognathodus nodiliferus in the lower Bird Spring Formation, which overlies the Battleship Formation in Nevada. It is also slightly above the first...
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  • snail. Fossils have been found in Artinskian era limestone from the Bird Spring Formation in the southern Arrow Canyon Range of the US State of Nevada. The...
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    are lithologically correlated with the Pennsylvanian to Permian Bird Spring Formation and Mississippian Monte Cristo Limestone. Wollastonite and phlogopite...
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  • The Dove Spring Formation (formerly the Ricardo Formation) is a geologic formation in the western Mojave Desert of California. It preserves fossils dating...
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    Phorusrhacidae (redirect from Terror bird)
    from the Late Miocene of the Río Negro Formation, showcasing a trackway made by a mid-to-large sized terror bird with functionally didactyl footprints...
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    Pellets and a brachiopod shell visible in a limestone thin-section; Bird Spring Formation (Carboniferous) of southern Nevada....
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    Devincenzia (category Ituzaingó Formation)
    flightless predatory birds in the family Phorusrhacidae or "terror birds" that lived during the Early Miocene (Deseadan) Fray Bentos Formation of Uruguay, Late...
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    Archaeocidaris plates and spines from the Bird Spring Formation (Carboniferous) exposed in Kyle Canyon, Spring Mountains, southern Nevada....
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    Goose (redirect from Goose (bird))
    up fat stores for further travel. Geese, like other birds, fly in a V formation. This formation helps to conserve energy in flight, and aids in communication...
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    limestone and sandstone members of the Triassic Moenkopi Formation, and the Permian Bird Spring Formation which is predominantly limestone. West aspect of Edgar...
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  • Ordovician Barstow Formation Neogene Battery Formation Bautista Formation Bedrock Spring Formation Neogene Bird Spring Formation Permian, Carboniferous...
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  • Carboniferous Barrel Springs Formation Ordovician Bird Spring Formation Permian, Carboniferous Bird Spring Group/Indian Springs Formation Carboniferous Bonanza...
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    Chipping sparrow (category Birds of Canada)
    sparrow (Spizella passerina) is a species of New World sparrow, a passerine bird in the family Passerellidae. It is widespread, fairly tame, and common across...
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    comprise a formation of up to one million birds. Usually flocks break up when the number of individuals exceeds about half a million birds, due to excessive...
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    The Marcellus Formation or the Marcellus Shale is a Middle Devonian age unit of sedimentary rock found in eastern North America. Named for a distinctive...
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    Moa (redirect from Moa (bird))
    Moa (order Dinornithiformes) are an extinct group of flightless birds formerly endemic to New Zealand. During the Late Pleistocene-Holocene, there were...
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    Pelagornis (category Miocene birds)
    different from P. miocaenus or even from birds closer to Osteodontornis. Indeed, some of the older Bahía Inglesa Formation remains tentatively referred to Pelagornis...
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  • take a look at several species while Super is the unfortunate target of bird activity. Ray Charles sings "Born to Lose". At the new Super Dave's Parade...
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    Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year. It is typically from north to south or...
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    Wharepapa Arthur Marble Aquifer (category Springs of New Zealand)
    Waikoropupū Springs and submarine springs offshore. In October 2023, the Wharepapa Arthur Marble Aquifer system and Te Waikoropupū Springs received protection...
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    Hummingbird (redirect from Humming-bird)
    Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With approximately 375 species and 113 genera, they occur...
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    Avialae (category Bird clades)
    synonymously with the vernacular term "bird" by these researchers. The earliest known avialans come from the Tiaojishan Formation of China, which has been dated...
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