Granite Mountains (UCMP V-77160) (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as AMNH Dry Creek Road locality

Where: Natrona County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 107.1° W: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 103.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Arikaree Formation, Hemingfordian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: eolian; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: J. Munthe. 1988. Miocene mammals of the Split Rock area, Granite Mountains basin, central Wyoming. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 126:1-136 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 18910: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Borophaginae indet.1 Simpson 1945 bone-crushing dog
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Merycoidodontidae indet. Cook 1912 oreodont
 Placentalia -
Pecora indet. ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equidae indet. Gray 1821 horse
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Oreolagus nebrascensis McGrew 1941 pika
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudinidae indet.2 Batsch 1788 turtle