Horse Creek (Wyoming) ( of the United States)
Where: Goshen County, Wyoming (42.0° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 98.4° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: X. Xu. 1996. Castoridae. In D. R. Prothero and R. J. Emry (eds.), The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America 412-432 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 17524: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995, edited by Jonathan Marcot
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• could be almost anywhere in the Goshen Hole but probably close to Sixty-Six Mountain or Bear Creek Mountain
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Archaeocyon leptodus5 Schlaikjer 1935 bone-crushing dog "Horse Creek area, lower Arikaree Group... Goshen County"
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"Desmatochoerus (Paradesmatochoerus) wyomingensis" = Mesoreodon minor3, Pseudodesmatochoerus milleri3, "Mesoreodon megalodon" = Desmatochoerus megalodon2
"Mesoreodon megalodon" = Desmatochoerus megalodon2 Peterson 1907 oreodont "Horse Creek area, Goshen County"
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"Florentiamys kennethi" = Florentiamys tiptoni4
"Florentiamys kennethi" = Florentiamys tiptoni4 Macdonald 1970 rodent "Horse Creek, Goshen Co., Wyo.; Gering Formation"
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Palaeocastor nebrascensis Leidy 1856 beaver "Lusk 276-2252, Horse Creek"; apparently an AMNH field number
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