Silver Springs (LACM 6276) (Neogene of the United States)

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet., "Hemiauchenia vera" = Pleiolama vera
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
"Hemiauchenia vera" = Pleiolama vera Matthew 1909 camel
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Pliotaxidea sp. Hall 1944 badger
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Lepoides cf. lepoides White 1988 rabbit
Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917 rabbit
Hypolagus tedfordi White 1988 rabbit
Hypolagus ringoldensis Gustafson 1978 rabbit