Nevaxel III Rhino Level, Discovery Point, UCMP V70138: Barstovian, Nevada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894
Aphelops sp. Owen 1845
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hypohippus sp. (Leidy 1858)
original and current combination Anchitherium (Hypohippus)
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Aletomeryx sp. Lull 1920
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866
Mammalia - Merycoidodontidae
Merycoidodontidae indet. Cook 1912
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Carnivora - Canidae
Tomarctus sp. Cope 1873
Leptocyon sp. Matthew 1918
1 specimen
Mammalia - Talpidae
Mystipterus sp. Hall 1930
Mammalia - Soricidae
Pseudotrimylus sp. Gureev 1971
Mammalia - Plesiosoricidae
Plesiosorex sp. Pomel 1848
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Copemys sp. Wood 1936
Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Heteromyidae sp. Gray 1868
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Monosaulax sp. Stirton 1935
Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Liodontia sp. Miller and Gidley 1918
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Hypolagus sp. Dice 1917
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada County:Churchill
Coordinates: 39.2° North, 117.9° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:40.0° North, 114.9° West
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Altitude:1600 feet
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Barstovian
Age range of interval:16.30000 - 12.50000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Monarch Mill
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Age estimated to be 10-15Ma based on radiometric date from within unit.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Secondary lithology: conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:OMNH V967
Database number:181731
Authorizer:P. Holroyd Enterer:P. Holroyd
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2016-09-29 20:41:37 Last modified:2016-09-29 20:41:37
Access level:the public Released:2016-09-29 20:41:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
60424. K. Smith, N. Czaplewski, and R. L. Cifelli. 2016. Middle Miocene carnivorans from the Monarch Mill Formation, Nevada. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 61(1):231-252 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/J. Marcot]