Antelope Creek (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Cherry County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 100.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 97.5° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: M. R. Thorpe. 1922. Some Tertiary Carnivora in the Marsh collection, with descriptions of new forms. American Journal of Science 3(18):423-455 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 18032: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993
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Aelurodon taxoides Hatcher 1894 bone-crushing dog includes type of "Aelurodon taxoides magnus": "Upper Miocene (Valentine beds), Niobrara River, a few miles east of the mouth of Antelope Creek"
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