Deep Creek (Cap Rock) (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Brown County, Nebraska (42.7° N, 100.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 97.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Cap Rock Member (Ash Hollow Formation), Clarendonian (13.6 - 10.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

PaleoDB collection 18118: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• not discussed by Skinner and Johnson 1984
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras major3 Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Merychippus sp.1 Leidy 1856 horse
F:AM 126899
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
"Cranioceras granti" = Cranioceras unicornis2
"Cranioceras granti" = Cranioceras unicornis2 Matthew 1918 ruminant
 Carnivora - Canidae
Epicyon saevus Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
Aelurodon taxoides Hatcher 1894 bone-crushing dog