Home Station Wash (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as Home Station Pass

Where: Pershing County, Nevada (40.4° N, 118.1° W: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 115.1° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Barstovian (16.3 - 12.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: X. Wang, R. H. Tedford, and B. E. Taylor. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243:1-392 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18924: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• possibly relevant: Ursavus pawniensis Hunt 1998a: Jersey Valley, Pershing Co.
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras medicornutum2 Osborn 1904 rhinoceros
"Home Station Pass, Rock Corral Wash"
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Brachycrus sp.1 Matthew 1901 oreodont
 Carnivora - Canidae
Paracynarctus kelloggi Merriam 1911 bone-crushing dog
"Home Station Pass"