Penny Creek (UNSM Wt-12) (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Webster County, Nebraska (40.1° N, 98.5° W: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 95.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Valentine Formation, Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Reposited in the UNSM
Primary reference: M. A. Turner. 1972. A faunal assemblage from the Lower Ash Hollow Formation (Neogene) of southern Nebraska. M. S. thesis University of Nebraska 1-88 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 18315: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Heteromyidae indet. Gray 1868 rodent | |
Eucastor sp. Allen 1877 beaver | |
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran | |
"Merychippus" cf. coloradense, Pseudhipparion retrusum1, Protohippus cf. perditus, Pliohippus sp., Calippus regulus4, Hypohippus cf. osborni
"Merychippus" cf. coloradense Osborn 1918 horse
Protohippus cf. perditus Leidy 1858 horse
Hypohippus cf. osborni Gidley 1907 anchitheriine horse | |
Aphelops sp. Owen 1845 rhinoceros
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros | |
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"Merychyus cf. novomexicanus" = Ustatochoerus medius novomexicanus1
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Synthetoceras tricornatus Stirton 1932 protoceratid | |
? Protolabis sp. Cope 1876 camel | |
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Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere |