Also known as OMNH V967
Where: Churchill County, Nevada (39.2° N, 117.9° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 114.9° W)
• coordinate based on unpublished field data
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Monarch Mill Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
• Age estimated to be 10-15Ma based on radiometric date from within unit.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone and conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: K. Smith, N. Czaplewski, and R. L. Cifelli. 2016. Middle Miocene carnivorans from the Monarch Mill Formation, Nevada. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61(1):231-252 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 181731: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 29.09.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Monosaulax sp. Stirton 1935 beaver | |
Heteromyidae sp. Gray 1868 rodent | |
Liodontia sp. Miller and Gidley 1918 mountain beaver | |
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel | |
Copemys sp. Wood 1936 mouse | |
Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917 rabbit | |
Tomarctus sp. Cope 1873 bone-crushing dog
Leptocyon sp. Matthew 1918 canine | |
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel | |
Merycoidodontidae indet. Cook 1912 oreodont | |
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866 pronghorn | |
Aletomeryx sp. Lull 1920 ruminant | |
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
Aphelops sp. Owen 1845 rhinoceros | |
Hypohippus sp. Leidy 1858 anchitheriine horse | |
Pseudotrimylus sp. Gureev 1971 shrew | |
Mystipterus sp. Hall 1930 mole | |
Plesiosorex sp. Pomel 1848 placental |