Also known as UNSM Bw-10
Where: Brown County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 100.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 96.7° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Devil's Gulch Member (Valentine Formation), Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UNSM
Primary reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 18120: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
all UNSM Deep Creek specimens should be from this site
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"Prosthennops niobrarensis" = Colbertchoerus niobrarensis
"Prosthennops niobrarensis" = Colbertchoerus niobrarensis Colbert 1935 peccary from "Deep Creek Quarry"; possibly including the type described by Colbert 1935, but this is questioned by Wright and Eshelman 1987, who describe the new specimen as intermediate between A. xiphodonticus and A. niobrarensis
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