Wolf Creek (SDSM V-5326) (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Sheridan County, Nebraska (43.0° N, 102.4° W: paleocoordinates 43.5° N, 99.8° W)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Clarendonian (13.6 - 10.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fluvial; sandstone and ash

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the SDSM

Primary reference: M. Green. 1956. The lower Pliocene Ogallala-Wolf Creek vertebrate fauna, South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 30(1):146-169 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18483: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 05.08.1992

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equinae indet. Steinmann and Döderlein 1890 horse
"Nannippus"
Pliohippus pernix Marsh 1874 horse
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
"Merycodus furcatus" = Cosoryx furcatus
"Merycodus furcatus" = Cosoryx furcatus Leidy 1869 pronghorn
 Carnivora - Mephitidae
Pliogale manka n. sp. Green 1956 skunk
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo niobrarensis Leidy 1858 turtle