Sappa Creek (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Rawlins County, Kansas (39.7° N, 100.8° W: paleocoordinates 40.3° N, 97.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Ogallala Group, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

• said to be late Barstovian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: W. W. Korth. 2000. Review of Miocene (Hemingfordian to Clarendonian) mylagaulid rodents (Mammalia) from Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 69(4):227-280 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 18360: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 17.06.2000

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Taxonomic list

• 1870's collections of Cope were augmented by F:AM parties in the 1930's
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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Protohippus medius n. sp.
Protohippus medius n. sp. Cope 1892 horse
of Cope
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp.1
Teleoceras sp.1 Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
"Dicotyles serus n. sp." = Prosthennops serus2
"Dicotyles serus n. sp." = Prosthennops serus2 Cope 1877 peccary
misspelt "servus" by Korth
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
"Ramoceros kansanus" = Ramoceros osborni
"Ramoceros kansanus" = Ramoceros osborni Matthew 1904 pronghorn
described by Frick 1937: dentition
 Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Mylagaulus sesquipedalis n. sp.
Mylagaulus sesquipedalis n. sp. Cope 1878 rodent
of Cope 1878
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Amebelodontidae indet." = Amebelodontinae1
"Amebelodontidae indet." = Amebelodontinae1 Barbour 1927 gomphothere
1Alroy 2002; 2Cope 1877