Where: Lyon/Churchill County, Nevada (39.3° N, 118.9° W: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 117.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: upper Member (Truckee Formation), Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)
• late Hemphillian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
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
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 19054: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Lepoides cf. lepoides White 1988 rabbit
Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917 rabbit
Hypolagus ringoldensis Gustafson 1978 rabbit
Hypolagus tedfordi White 1988 rabbit | |
Camelidae indet., "Hemiauchenia vera" = Pleiolama vera
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
"Hemiauchenia vera" = Pleiolama vera Matthew 1909 camel | |
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866 pronghorn | |
Pliotaxidea sp. Hall 1944 badger |