Hoye Canyon (LACM 6994) (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Douglas County, Nevada (38.8° N, 119.5° W: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 116.7° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

• said to be late Hemphillian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: T. S. Kelly. 2000. A new Hemphillian (Late Miocene) mammalian fauna from Hoye Canyon, west central Nevada. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 481:1-21 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 19375: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• about 30 m above UCMP V-95013
generically determinate NISP 2
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
? Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
"Hemiauchenia vera" = Pleiolama vera
"Hemiauchenia vera" = Pleiolama vera Matthew 1909 camel
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros