Granite Mountains (UCMP V-77158) (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Fremont County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 104.3° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Arikaree Formation, Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: eolian
Size class: macrofossils
Reposited in the UCMP
Primary reference: J. Munthe. 1988. Miocene mammals of the Split Rock area, Granite Mountains basin, central Wyoming. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 126:1-136 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 18908: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore | |
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Borophaginae indet. Simpson 1945 bone-crushing dog | |
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cf. Protolabis sp. Cope 1876 camel | |
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Talpinae indet. Fisher von Waldheim 1817 mole | |
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Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885 placental | |
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Galbreathia cf. novellus Matthew 1924 rodent | |
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Geomyidae indet. Bonaparte 1845 pocket gopher | |
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Heteromyidae indet. Gray 1868 rodent | |