Yerington: Miocene, Nevada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Eucastor sp. Allen 1877
described by Stirton 1935 as E. cf. lecontei DUPLICATE REF 3234 or 3235
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Macdonald and Pelletier 1958
    = Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894
Alroy 2002
    = Teleoceras hicksi Cook 1927
Prothero 2005
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Pliohippus spectans (Cope 1880)
Macdonald and Pelletier 1958
    = Dinohippus spectans Cope 1880
Alroy 2002
"P. sp."
Mammalia - Camelidae
? Paracamelus sp. Schlosser 1903
Macdonald and Pelletier 1958
    = ? Megatylopus sp. Matthew and Cook 1909
Alroy 2002
original and current combination Pliauchenia (Megatylopus)
Pliauchenia sp. Cope 1875
Webb 1974
    = Hemiauchenia sp. Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Alroy 2002
replaces ID of both Stirton and of Macdonald and Pelletier 1958, but Macdonald's concept of the genus included Hemiauchenia
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866
DUPLICATE REF 3234 or 3235
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Macdonald and Pelletier 1958
    = Felidae indet. Gray 1821
Alroy 2002
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Bunomastodontidae indet. Osborn 1921
    = Proboscidea indet. Illiger 1811
Alroy 2002
omitted by Macdonald and Pelletier 1958 DUPLICATE REF 3234 or 3235
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada County:Mineral
Coordinates: 38.5° North, 118.3° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.2° North, 115.5° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Taxonomic list comments:said to be stratigraphically higher than the Smiths Valley fauna by Macdonald and Pelletier 1958
Metadata
Also known as:DUPLICATE REF 3234 or 3235
Database number:19129
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot Enterer:J. Alroy, J. Marcot
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1993-09-27 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:43
Access level:the public Released:1993-09-27 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

3234. R. A. Stirton. 1940. The Nevada Miocene and Pliocene mammalian faunas as faunal units. Proceedings of the Sixth Pacific Science Congress 2:627-640 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

6294 J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari]
2360 J. R. Macdonald and W. J. Pelletier. 1958. The Pliocene mammalian faunas of Nevada, U.S.A. Paleontologia, taxonomia y evolucion. Cuidad de Mexico: International Geological Congress, 1956 Report of the 7th Session 7:365-388 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
51726 D. R. Prothero. 2005. The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses. 1-218 [J. Marcot/J. Marcot]
3569 S. D. Webb. 1974. Pleistocene llamas of Florida, with a brief review of the Lamini. In S. D. Webb (ed.), Pleistocene Mammals of Florida 170-213 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]