Deep River (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Meagher County, Montana (46.0° N, 111.0° W: paleocoordinates 46.7° N, 107.8° W)

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When: Deep River Formation, Early/Lower Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: W. von Koenigswald, C. Widga, and U. Göhlich. 2023. New mammutids (Proboscidea) from the Clarendonian and Hemphillian of Oregon – a survey of Mio-Pliocene mammutids from North America. Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 30:1-63 [N. Famoso/N. Famoso]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 231898: authorized by Nicholas Famoso, entered by Nicholas Famoso on 29.09.2023

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
"Tetrabelodon brevidens" = Gomphotherium
"Tetrabelodon brevidens" = Gomphotherium gomphothere
Type locality of Tetrabelodon brevidens COPE, 1889
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
"Zygolophodon proavus" = Miomastodon proavus
"Zygolophodon proavus" = Miomastodon proavus Cope 1873 mastodon