Granite Mountains (UCMP V-77161) (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Natrona County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 107.1° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 103.2° 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 18911: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
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Mammalia indet. Linnaeus 1758 mammal
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet. Batsch 1788 turtle