Mesquite (Neogene of the United States)

Where: Clark County, Nevada (35.7° N, 115.2° W: paleocoordinates 36.1° N, 113.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Muddy Creek Formation, Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. E. Reynolds and E. H. Lindsay. 1999. Late Tertiary basins and vertebrate faunas along the Nevada-Utah border. Utah Geological Survey Miscellaneous Publication 99-1:469-478 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 18972: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 19.05.2000

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Taxonomic list

• may include several taxa from Juanita Springs (see)
Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Alforjas sp. Harrison 1979 camel
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
? Neotragocerus sp. Matthew and Cook 1909 antelope