Silver Springs (LACM 6275): Miocene, Nevada
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Teleoceras sp.
Hatcher 1894
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Hemiauchenia vera
(Matthew 1909)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Pleiolama vera | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | United States | State/province: | Nevada | County: | Lyon/Churchill |
| Coordinates: | 39.3° North, 118.9° West (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 40.0° North, 116.0° West | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on political unit | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| *Period: | Tertiary | ||
| Key time interval: | Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago | ||
| * legacy (obsolete) database fields | |||
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
Collection methods and comments
| Museum repositories: | LACM |
Metadata
| Database number: | 19053 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2002-06-03 03:27:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 1998-09-21 00:00:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 2067. | 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] |