Tonopah (Miocene of the United States)
Also known as Quarry C; CIT 172
Where: Nye County, Nevada (38.1° N, 117.3° W)
• Paleocoordinates: 42.1° N, 111.9° W (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: P. C. Henshaw. 1942. A Tertiary mammalian fauna from the San Antonio Mountains near Tonopah, Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 530(5):77-168 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details
PaleoDB collection 19097: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993
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Taxonomic list
• briefly described by Furlong 1934
Henshaw gives an MNI count of 225 large mammals, and describes about 24 small mammal specimens, but based on degree of disarticulation and disassociation this is a gross underestimate; NISP is not determinable based on text
Henshaw gives an MNI count of 225 large mammals, and describes about 24 small mammal specimens, but based on degree of disarticulation and disassociation this is a gross underestimate; NISP is not determinable based on text
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Merychippus calamarius Cope 1875 horse
Megahippus mckennai3 Tedford and Alf 1962 anchitheriine horse not clear if this is the same as "H. nr. affinis"
Hypohippus affinis Leidy 1858 anchitheriine horse | |
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Brachypsalis pachycephalus Cope 1890 mustelid carnivore | |
Leptocyon vafer, Aelurodon asthenostylus5, Tomarctus sp.5, Microtomarctus conferta1, Paracynarctus kelloggi1
Leptocyon vafer Leidy 1858 canine | |
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"Brachyerix incertis" = Metechinus fergusoni4
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