Runningwater Formation
| Runningwater Formation | ||
|---|---|---|
Ma | ||
| Type | Approximate paleocoordinates 43°06′N 99°06′W / 43.1°N 99.1°W | |
| Region | Nebraska | |
| Country |  United States | |
  Runningwater Formation (the United States)  Runningwater Formation (Nebraska) | ||
The Runningwater Formation is a
fluvial environment
. The formation has provided many fossil mammals.
Fossil content
Among the following fossils have been found in the formation:[1]
- Mammals
- Aletomeryx gracilis
- Arretotherium fricki
- Barbouromeryx trigonocorneus
- Cynarctoides acridens
- Cynelos stenos[2]
- Diceratherium niobrarense
- Daphoenodon (Borocyon) robustum
- Desmocyon thomsoni
- Hypertragulus minor
- Menoceras barbouri
- Merychyus arenarum, M. elegans
- Metatomarctus canavus
- Osbornodon iamonensis
- Pseudoblastomeryx advena
- Anchitheriomys stouti
- Desmatippus tyleri
- Edaphocyon lautus
- Amphicyon galushai
- Craterogale cf. simus
- Leptarctus cf. ancipidens
- Leptocyon vulpinus
- Tephrocyon scitulus
- Merycochoerus proprius
- Reptiles
- Macrochelys schmidti
- Rhineura marslandensis
- Sceloporus sp.
See also
References
- ^ Runningwater Formation at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Hunt & Yatkola, 2020
Bibliography
- Hunt Jr, Robert M., and Daniel A. Yatkola. 2020. A new species of the amphicyonid carnivore Cynelos Jourdan, 1862 from the early Miocene of North America.