Churchill Valley (LACM 6278): Miocene, Nevada

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
cf. Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
1 specimen
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Dinohippus sp. Quinn 1955
2 specimens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Teleoceras sp. Hatcher 1894
1 specimen
Mammalia - Camelidae
Camelidae indet. Gray 1821
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:United States State/province:Nevada County:Lyon
Coordinates: 39.0° North, 119.2° West (view map)
Paleocoordinates:39.7° North, 116.4° West
Basis of coordinate:based on political unit
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
*Period:Tertiary
Key time interval:Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 5.33300 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:"Coal Valley"
Lithology and environment
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection size:3 specimens
Museum repositories:LACM
Metadata
Database number:18852
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:J. Alroy
Research group:vertebrate
Created:1998-09-21 00:00:00 Last modified:2002-06-03 03:27:43
Access level:the public Released:1998-09-21 00:00:00
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

2067. T. S. Kelly. 1998. New Miocene Mammalian Faunas from West Central Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 72(1):137-149 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]