Raine Ranch Formation (UCMP V-5433) (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Elko County, Nevada (41.0° N, 115.5° W: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 112.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Raine Ranch Formation, Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 19014: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• may be the same as any of several Raine Ranch Formation sites
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Microtomarctus conferta Matthew 1918 bone-crushing dog