Churchill Valley (LACM 6279) (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Lyon County, Nevada (39.0° N, 119.2° W: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 116.4° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: "Coal Valley" Formation, Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the LACM

Primary reference: T. S. Kelly. 1998. New Miocene Mammalian Faunas from West Central Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 72(1):137-149 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 18853: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 21.09.1998

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Dinohippus sp. Quinn 1955 horse
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros