Grouse Creek (Rabbit Horizon) (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as IMNH 1123

Where: Box Elder County, Utah (41.5° N, 112.9° W: paleocoordinates 42.1° N, 110.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Salt Lake Formation, Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

• said to be Clarendonian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: A. R. Tedrow and S. F. Robison. 1999. A preliminary report of a new Clarendonian (Late Miocene) mammalian fauna from northwestern Utah. Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:479-486 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 18913: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Eucastor cf. tortus Leidy 1858 beaver
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Copemys aff. mariae" = Honeymys mariae
"Copemys aff. mariae" = Honeymys mariae Baskin and Korth 1996 mouse
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Hesperolagomys galbreathi Clark et al. 1964 pika