Penny Creek (UNSM Wt-11) (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Webster County, Nebraska (40.1° N, 98.5° W: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 95.9° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Valentine Formation, Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Reposited in the UNSM
Primary reference: M. A. Turner. 1972. A faunal assemblage from the Lower Ash Hollow Formation (Neogene) of southern Nebraska. M. S. thesis University of Nebraska 1-88 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 18314: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere | |
Tapirus sp. Brisson 1762 tapir | |
"Merychippus" cf. coloradense, Merychippus cf. calamarius, Pseudhipparion retrusum1, Pliohippus sp., Calippus regulus3, Protohippus cf. perditus, Hypohippus cf. osborni
"Merychippus" cf. coloradense Osborn 1918 horse
Merychippus cf. calamarius Cope 1875 horse
Protohippus cf. perditus Leidy 1858 horse
Hypohippus cf. osborni Gidley 1907 anchitheriine horse | |
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Longirostromeryx sp. Frick 1937 musk deer | |
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel | |
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran | |
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