Woodruff Creek Canyon (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Elko County, Nevada (41.0° N, 115.5° W: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 112.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Raine Ranch Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: T. S. Kelly and E. B. Lander. 1988. Biostratigraphy and Correlation of Hemingfordian and Barstovian Land Mammal Assemblages, Caliente Formation, Cuyama Valley Area, California. In W. J. M. Bazeley (ed.), Tertiary Tectonics and Sedimentation in the Cuyama Basin, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties, California 1-19 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 19127: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Brachycrus sp. Matthew 1901 oreodont