Nevaxel III Rhino Level, Discovery Point, UCMP V70138: Barstovian, Nevada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Sciuridae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Aplodontidae
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Liodontia sp.
Miller and Gidley 1918
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Copemys sp.
Wood 1936
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Castoridae
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Monosaulax sp.
Stirton 1935
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Heteromyidae
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Heteromyidae sp.
Gray 1868
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Leporidae
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Hypolagus sp.
Dice 1917
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Mystipterus sp.
Hall 1930
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Pseudotrimylus sp.
Gureev 1971
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Mammalia
- Plesiosoricidae
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Plesiosorex sp.
Pomel 1848
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Canidae
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Leptocyon sp.
Matthew 1918
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1 specimen | ||||||
Tomarctus sp.
Cope 1873
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Mammalia
- Merycoidodontidae
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Merycoidodontidae indet.
Cook 1912
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Antilocapridae indet.
Gray 1866
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Aletomeryx sp.
Lull 1920
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Hypohippus sp.
(Leidy 1858)
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original and current combination Anchitherium (Hypohippus) | |||||||
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras sp.
Hatcher 1894
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Aphelops sp.
Owen 1845
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Churchill |
Coordinates: | 39.2° North, 117.9° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 40.0° North, 114.9° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||||
Altitude: | 1600 feet | ||||
Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
Key time interval: | Barstovian | ||
Age range of interval: | 16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Monarch Mill | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Age estimated to be 10-15Ma based on radiometric date from within unit. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | claystone |
Secondary lithology: | conglomerate |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | OMNH V967 | ||
Database number: | 181731 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2016-09-29 20:41:37 | Last modified: | 2016-09-29 20:41:37 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2016-09-29 20:41:37 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
60424. | 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] |