Peterson Creek (MV 7306) ( of the United States)

Where: Lemhi County, Idaho (45.0° N, 113.6° W: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 107.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Arikareean (29.5 - 18.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: R. Nichols. 1976. Early Miocene mammals from the Lemhi Valley of Idaho. Tebiwa 18(2):9-47 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 17588: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

• NISP 3
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
"Meniscomys yeariani" = Niglarodon yeariani
"Meniscomys yeariani" = Niglarodon yeariani Nichols 1976 mountain beaver
 Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Perognathinae indet. Coues 1875 rodent
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Oreolagus sp. Dice 1917 pika
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Domnina sp. Cope 1873 shrew