Fossil Hill (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-4709

Where: Elko County, Nevada (41.0° N, 115.5° W: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 112.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1949. A New Clarendonian Fauna From Northeastern Nevada. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 28(7):173-194 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 18895: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet.
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursavus pawniensis
Ursavus pawniensis Frick 1926 bear
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet.
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aphelops sp.
Aphelops sp. Owen 1845 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merycoidodontidae indet.
Merycoidodontidae indet. Cook 1912 oreodont