Lonergan Creek (Miocene to of the United States)

Also known as Shoreline (in part) UNSM Kh-107

Where: Keith County, Nebraska (41.2° N, 101.8° W: paleocoordinates 41.5° N, 99.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Ash Hollow Formation, Clarendonian to Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UNSM

Primary reference: M. B. Leite. 1990. Stratigraphy and mammalian paleontology of the Ash Hollow Formation (upper Miocene) on the north shore of Lake McConaughy, Keith County, Nebraska. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 28(1):1-29 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 18236: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992

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Taxonomic list

• Lonergan Creek Ash 2 m above horizon dated at 10.42 +/- 2.5 Ma FT on zircon by Leite 1991; his Fig. 4 shows that even this date is uninterpretable
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Serbelodon cf. barbourensis Frick 1933 gomphothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Pliohippus pernix Marsh 1874 horse
cf. Calippus sp. Matthew and Stirton 1930 horse
"cf. Calippus (Grammohippus)", size range of martini
Pseudhipparion sp. Ameghino 1904 hipparionine horse
Hippotherium sp. Kaup 1832 hipparionine horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras cf. major Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
Aphelops sp. Owen 1845 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
cf. Plioceros sp. Frick 1937 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Cranioceras cf. unicornis Matthew 1918 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Megatylopus cf. primaevus Patton 1969 camel
 Carnivora - Nimravidae
Barbourofelis morrisi Schultz et al. 1970 false sabre-tooth
 Carnivora - Canidae
Epicyon haydeni Leidy 1858 bone-crushing dog
confirmed by Wang et al. 1999