Murphy Member Slump Blocks (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 101.2° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Snake Creek Formation, Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: M. F. Skinner, S. M. Skinner, and R. J. Gooris. 1977. Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of late Cenozoic deposits in central Sioux County, western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 158(5):263-370 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18273: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Longirostromeryx wellsi Matthew 1904 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
Macrogenis cf. crassigenis Matthew and Gidley 1904 peccary
from "Murphy slump blocks"; surely replaces "Prosthennops sp."
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Procamelus occidentalis Leidy 1858 camel
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus cf. vetus Kellogg 1910 rabbit