Penny Creek (UNSM Wt-13) (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Webster County, Nebraska (40.1° N, 98.5° W: paleocoordinates 40.5° N, 95.9° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Valentine Formation, Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UNSM

Primary reference: M. A. Turner. 1972. A faunal assemblage from the Lower Ash Hollow Formation (Neogene) of southern Nebraska. M. S. thesis University of Nebraska 1-88 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18316: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet.
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet.
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Merychippus" cf. coloradense, Pseudhipparion retrusum1, Calippus regulus2
Pseudhipparion retrusum1 Cope 1889 hipparionine horse
Calippus regulus2 Johnston 1937 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp., Aphelops sp.
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
Aphelops sp. Owen 1845 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
 Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
? Ceratogaulus hatcheri1
? Ceratogaulus hatcheri1 Gidley 1907 rodent
1Alroy 2002; 2Voorhies et al. 1987