Mickey Wash Site 4 (Neogene of the United States)

Also known as UCMP V-4853; Smiths Valley in part

Where: Lyon County, Nevada (39.0° N, 119.2° W)

• Paleocoordinates: 41.3° N, 116.6° W (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Hemphillian (10.3 - 4.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1959. The Middle Pliocene Mammalian Fauna from Smiths Valley, Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 33(5):872-887 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Marcot]more details

PaleoDB collection 18975: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.09.1993

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
Borophagus sp. Cope 1892 bone-crushing dog
Caninae indet. Gill 1872 canine
 Artiodactyla - Antilocapridae
Antilocapridae indet. Gray 1866 pronghorn
 Artiodactyla - Camelidae
? Pliauchenia sp. Cope 1875 camel
compared to P. magnifontis
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotheriidae indet. Hay 1922 gomphothere