Beeman Creek (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Keya Paha County, Nebraska (42.8° N, 99.7° W: paleocoordinates 43.2° N, 97.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Merritt Dam Member (Ash Hollow Formation), Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: W. W. Korth. 2000. Review of Miocene (Hemingfordian to Clarendonian) mylagaulid rodents (Mammalia) from Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 69(4):227-280 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 18047: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

• not discussed by Skinner and Johnson 1984 and not on any of their maps
Korth does not give a county name, but no "Beaman Creek" is present in Nebraska and Beeman Creek is not far from other Merritt Dam outcrops near the Niobrara River
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Pterogaulus barbarellae Korth 2000 rodent
"Beaman Creek"
Ceratogaulus anecdotus Korth 2000 rodent
"Beaman Creek"