Nevaxel 11, UCMP V70147 (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as OMNH V972

Where: Churchill County, Nevada (39.2° N, 117.9° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 114.9° W)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Monarch Mill Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

• Age estimated to be 10-15Ma based on radiometric date from within unit.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone and conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Smith, N. Czaplewski, and R. L. Cifelli. 2016. Middle Miocene carnivorans from the Monarch Mill Formation, Nevada. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61(1):231-252 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 181725: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 29.09.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Negodiaetictis rugatrulleum n. gen. n. sp. Smith et al. 2016 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Ailuridae
Actiocyon parverratis Smith et al. 2016 red panda
 Carnivora - Canidae
Tomarctus brevirostris Cope 1873 bone-crushing dog