Snake River (Near Clifford Creek) (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Cherry County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 100.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 98.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Merritt Dam Member (Ash Hollow Formation), Clarendonian (13.6 - 10.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 18378: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Aelurodon taxoides Hatcher 1894 bone-crushing dog
Epicyon saevus Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
Leptocyon vafer2 Leidy 1858 canine
"south side of Snake Den Canyon, east side of Snake River"
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras major1 Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
"Snake River"