Silver Springs (LACM 6274) (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Lyon/Churchill County, Nevada (39.3° N, 118.9° W: paleocoordinates 40.0° N, 116.0° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: upper Member (Truckee Formation), Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: T. S. Kelly. 1998. New Miocene Mammalian Faunas from West Central Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 72(1):137-149 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 19052: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Dinohippus sp. Quinn 1955 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
"Hemiauchenia vera" = Pleiolama vera
"Hemiauchenia vera" = Pleiolama vera Matthew 1909 camel