Dempsey Creek Gravel Pit (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Powell County, Montana (46.4° N, 112.8° W: paleocoordinates 46.8° N, 111.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by K. De Greene

Primary reference: R. L. Konizeski. 1957. Paleoecology of the middle Pliocene Deer Lodge local fauna, western Montana. Geological Society America Bulletin 68 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18870: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.07.1994, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Amebelodon cf. floridanus Leidy 1886 gomphothere
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparionini indet. Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse
C.N.H.M. UM. 583
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894 rhinoceros
MSU 3
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Dipoides stirtoni Wilson 1934 beaver
MSU 2