Reynolds Creek (Miocene of the United States)

Where: Owyhee County, Idaho (43.0° N, 118.0° W: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 115.5° W)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Poison Creek Formation, Clarendonian (12.5 - 9.4 Ma)

• said to be Clarendonian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: H. E. Malde and H. A. Powers. 1962. Upper Cenozoic Stratigraphy of Western Snake River Plain, Idaho. Geological Society America Bulletin 73 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Ju]more details

PaleoDB collection 19023: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 26.03.1995

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Taxonomic list

• this is well to the west of the Chalk Hills area and correlation into that section would not be straightforward
original i.d.s by Shotwell
possibly relevant: Alilepus hibbardi White 1991a: type, from "Reynold's Creek" in Owyhee Co., said to be Hemphillian and from an "unnamed formation"
said to be Clarendonian (i.e., "early Pliocene")
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Sthenictis sp. Peterson 1910 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora - Canidae
Borophagus pugnator Cook 1922 bone-crushing dog
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Hipparionini indet. Quinn 1955 hipparionine horse
"Hipparion"