Sand Hill (Miocene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-4712

Where: Elko County, Nevada (41.0° N, 115.5° W: paleocoordinates 41.7° N, 112.6° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the UCMP

Primary reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1949. A New Clarendonian Fauna From Northeastern Nevada. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 28(7):173-194 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 19040: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 18.02.1993

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Taxonomic list

• not clear if Neohipparion leptode skeleton mentioned by Stirton 1940 from 15 mi S of Contact, Elko Co. NV 2 mi E of the spring belongs to this faunule; "camel, horse, and rhinoceros were found at other localities but in this same zone"
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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
"Eucastor lecontei" = Prodipoides lecontei
"Eucastor lecontei" = Prodipoides lecontei Merriam 1896 beaver
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet.
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
Camelidae indet.
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821 camel
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Aphelops sp.
Aphelops sp. Owen 1845 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Pliohippus sp., Hipparionini indet.
Pliohippus sp. Marsh 1874 horse
comparisons are to P. fairbanksi, and specimens may be determinate
Hipparionini indet. Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse
"Neohipparion"