Wolf Creek (SDSM V-5326): Clarendonian, Nebraska

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
"Nannippus"
Pliohippus pernix Marsh 1874
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Antilocapridae
Merycodus furcatus (Leidy 1869)
original and current combination Cosoryx furcatus
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Pliogale manka n. sp. Green 1956
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo niobrarensis (Leidy 1858)
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]