Dutch Creek (Devil's Gulch) (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Brown County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 100.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 96.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

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

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 18132: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• locality given as "Half mi west and 40 ft above the Devil's Gulch Horse Quarry," which if accurate is on Dutch Creek just to the east of Dutch Creek Quarry No. 1 (see)
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Carpocyon compressus Cope 1890 bone-crushing dog