Stinking Water Creek (Miocene of the United States)

Where: northeastern Harney County, Oregon (42.7° N, 118.7° W: paleocoordinates 43.4° N, 115.8° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: E. R. Hall. 1944. A New Genus of American Pliocene Badger, with Remarks on the Relationships of Badgers of the Northern Hemisphere. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 551(2):11-23 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 19089: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 15.05.2002, edited by Jonathan Marcot

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Taxonomic list

• probably Juntura Fm. based on geography and place name
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Pliotaxidea nevadensis Butterworth 1916 badger
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras fossiger Cope 1878 rhinoceros