Wolf Creek (SDSM V-5326): Clarendonian, Nebraska
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Equinae indet.
Steinmann and Döderlein 1890
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"Nannippus" | ||||||||||
Pliohippus pernix
Marsh 1874
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Mammalia
- Camelidae
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Camelidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Mammalia
- Antilocapridae
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Merycodus furcatus
(Leidy 1869)
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original and current combination Cosoryx furcatus | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mephitidae
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Pliogale manka n. sp.
Green 1956
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Testudo niobrarensis
(Leidy 1858)
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nomen dubium belonging to Stylemys | ||||||||||
(1 measurement) | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | United States | State/province: | Nebraska | County: | Sheridan |
Coordinates: | 43.0° North, 102.4° West (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 43.5° North, 99.8° West | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
*Period: | Tertiary | ||
Key time interval: | Clarendonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 13.60000 - 10.30000 m.y. ago | ||
* legacy (obsolete) database fields |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Secondary lithology: | ash |
Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Museum repositories: | SDSM |
Metadata
Database number: | 18483 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | J. Alroy |
Modifier: | J. Marcot | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 | Last modified: | 2023-10-13 00:00:12 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 1992-08-05 00:00:00 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
1706. | M. Green. 1956. The lower Pliocene Ogallala-Wolf Creek vertebrate fauna, South Dakota. Journal of Paleontology 30(1):146-169 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
6294 | J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals. [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/M. Kouvari] |