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