Esther Canyon (Miocene of the United States)
Where: Dawes County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 103.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 99.2° W)
• coordinate based on political unit
When: Red Valley Member (Box Butte Formation), Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: terrestrial
Primary reference: T. Galusha. 1975. Stratigraphy of the Box Butte Formation, Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 156(1) [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details
PaleoDB collection 17907: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• sec 10 T30N R48W
does not include either a specimen of Merychyus from the same coordinate from "beds that underlie the main body" of the mbr. or a specimen of "Parahippus cf. vellicans" from the mbr. but from 1 mile due west of this locality
does not include either a specimen of Merychyus from the same coordinate from "beds that underlie the main body" of the mbr. or a specimen of "Parahippus cf. vellicans" from the mbr. but from 1 mile due west of this locality
Show authors, comments, and common names
| Mammalia | |
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Protomarctus cf. optatus Matthew 1924 bone-crushing dog | |
"Sinclairomeryx cf. tedi" = Sinclairomeryx riparius
"Sinclairomeryx cf. tedi" = Sinclairomeryx riparius Matthew 1924 ruminant | |
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Merycodontinae indet. Matthew 1904 pronghorn | |