Carpenter Ranch Beds (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Goshen County, Wyoming (42.0° N, 104.2° W: paleocoordinates 42.7° N, 100.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. B. Vanderhill. 1980. Geology and paleontology of the Patrick Buttes, Sioux County, Nebraska, and Goshen County, Wyoming. 1-98 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Uhen]more details

PaleoDB collection 17886: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• some material is probably from Sioux County, Nebraska
much of this list is repeated by Hunt 1985b
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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyonidae indet.
Amphicyonidae indet. Haeckel 1886 bear-dog
 Carnivora - Canidae
Borophaginae indet.1, Phlaocyon leucosteus
Borophaginae indet.1 Simpson 1945 bone-crushing dog
Phlaocyon leucosteus Matthew 1899 bone-crushing dog
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet.
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotheriidae indet.
Chalicotheriidae indet. Gill 1872 chalicothere
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet.
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Entelodontidae
Entelodontidae indet.2
Entelodontidae indet.2 Lydekker 1883 even-toed ungulate
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merycochoerus magnus
Merycochoerus magnus Loomis 1924 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Aletomeryx sp.
Aletomeryx sp. Lull 1920 ruminant
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Castoridae indet.
Castoridae indet. Gray 1821 beaver
1Alroy 2002; 2Hunt 1985