Pliohippus Draw (Lower) (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Sioux County, Nebraska (42.4° N, 103.8° W: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 99.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: middle Member (Sheep Creek Formation), Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: M. F. Skinner, S. M. Skinner, and R. J. Gooris. 1977. Stratigraphy and biostratigraphy of late Cenozoic deposits in central Sioux County, western Nebraska. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 158(5):263-370 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 17980: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 30.04.1994, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mionictis letifer n. sp. Cook and Macdonald 1962 otter
said by Cook and Macdonald 1962 to be from "below the heavy volcanic ash bed"
 Carnivora - Canidae
Osbornodon fricki5 Wang 1994 canid
Sheep Creek Fm.
 Carnivora - Felidae
Pseudaelurus validus4 Rothwell 2001 cat
F:AM 61837, "Head of Pliohippus Draw"
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Tylocephalonyx skinneri1 Coombs 1979 chalicothere
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras americanum2 Yatkola and Tanner 1979 rhinoceros
Aphelops megalodus2 Cope 1873 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Tayassuidae
"Platygonus pollenae n. sp." = Platygonus brachirostris3
"Platygonus pollenae n. sp." = Platygonus brachirostris3 Shotwell 1956 peccary