Antelope Creek (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Dawes County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 99.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• said to be Hemingfordian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: C. B. Schultz and C. H. Falkenbach. 1947. Merychyinae, a subfamily of oreodonts. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 88(4):157-286 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 17867: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• see Frick 1937
"Antelope Valley" and "Antelope Creek" are clearly the same based on map of Galusha 1975 and references of various authors
type of "Nothocyon latidens multicuspis" Thorpe 1922e was shipped from "Antelope Creek" NE but may not have been collected anywhere near there
"Antelope Valley" and "Antelope Creek" are clearly the same based on map of Galusha 1975 and references of various authors
type of "Nothocyon latidens multicuspis" Thorpe 1922e was shipped from "Antelope Creek" NE but may not have been collected anywhere near there
Show authors, comments, and common names
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"Blastomeryx medius" = Blastomeryx gemmifer
"Blastomeryx medius" = Blastomeryx gemmifer Cope 1874 musk deer | |
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Barbouromeryx trigonocorneus Barbour and Schultz 1934 ruminant | |
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