Also known as UCMP 2027 (LACM 1104), V-5570, V-5915, V-6020
DUPLICATE REF 3234 or 3235
Where: Mineral and Esmeralda County, Nevada (38.3° N, 117.9° W: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 114.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Esmeralda Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the LACM
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 19088: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993, edited by Jonathan Marcot and Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
while Stirton indicates this is arbitrarily separated out from the Cedar Mountain fauna, Tedford et al. 1987 state that there is a clear stratigraphic distinction
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Gomphotherium sp.2 Burmeister 1837 gomphothere may or may not include specimens of "Tetrabelodon sp." from UCMP 1988 described by Merriam 1916a
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"Probassariscus antiquus" = Bassariscus antiquus1
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Hypohippus cf. osborni Gidley 1907 anchitheriine horse from UCMP 2027, see Merriam 1916a DUPLICATE REF 3234 or 3235
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Plesiosorex sp.3 Pomel 1848 placental unknown mammal of Reed and Downs 1958; "Meterix" of Hutchison 1968 and Stirton and "M. latidens" of Hall 1929; presumably includes "Arctoryctes sp." of Firby 1966, assigned to "M. latidens" by Hutchison 1968 DUPLICATE REF 1712 or 1713 or 1714
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Tardontia nevadans n. sp.7
Tardontia nevadans n. sp.7 Shotwell 1958 mountain beaver "Liodontia" from UCMP 2027; described by Merriam 1916a as "? Aplodontia sp." said to be new
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