Split Rock (UCMP V-77146) (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Fremont County, Wyoming (43.2° N, 108.2° W: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 104.3° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: eolian

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 19078: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993, edited by Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Colubridae
Ameiseophis robinsoni2 Holman 1976 colubrid snake
 Squamata - Anguidae
Gerrhonotus sp.2 Wiegmann 1828 alligator lizard
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Borophaginae indet.1 Simpson 1945 bone-crushing dog
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Equinae indet.1 Steinmann and Döderlein 1890 horse
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Tylocephalonyx skinneri Coombs 1979 chalicothere
 Artiodactyla - Merycoidodontidae
Brachycrus sp. Matthew 1901 oreodont
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Paracosoryx wilsoni1 Frick 1937 pronghorn
Merycodus cf. sabulonis Matthew and Cook 1909 pronghorn
 Theriamorpha - Proscalopidae
Mesoscalops scopelotemos Reed 1960 placental
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Brachyerix macrotis Matthew 1933 hedgehog
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Oreolagus nebrascensis McGrew 1941 pika
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
 Rodentia - Mylagaulidae
Galbreathia novellus1 Matthew 1924 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Miospermophilus wyomingensis Black 1963 squirrel
Protospermophilus kelloggi Black 1963 squirrel
 Rodentia -
Geomyoidea indet.1 Bonaparte 1845 rodent