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Tonopah, Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA

Mindat.org Locality Page	Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA
Lat/Long (Decimal)	38.1,-117.3
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on political unit
Given Location	Nevada, United States
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Esmeralda County, Nevada, USA

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Tonopah	Rich T. H. V. (1981)				15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Warrior-Douglas	Macdonald J. R., Pelletier W. J. (1958)	Esmeralda			23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Merycodus hookwayi species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : Merycodus : *Merycodus hookwayi*	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Paracosoryx loxoceros species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Antilocapridae : Paracosoryx : *Paracosoryx loxoceros*	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Aepycamelus stocki species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae : Aepycamelus : *Aepycamelus stocki*	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Camelidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Camelidae	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Amphicyonidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Amphicyonidae	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Aelurodon asthenostylus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Aelurodon : *Aelurodon asthenostylus*	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Canidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Leptocyon vafer species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Leptocyon : *Canis vafer*	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Microtomarctus conferta species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Microtomarctus : *Microtomarctus conferta*	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Paracynarctus kelloggi species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : Paracynarctus : *Paracynarctus kelloggi*	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Tomarctus sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Canidae : *Tomarctus*	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Pseudaelurus intrepidus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Felidae : Pseudaelurus : *Felis intrepidus*	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Brachypsalis pachycephalus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Carnivora : Mustelidae : Brachypsalis : *Brachypsalis pachycephalus*	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Hypolagus parviplicatus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lagomorpha : Leporidae : Hypolagus : *Hypolagus parviplicatus*	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Brachyerix incertis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lipotyphla : Erinaceidae : Brachyerix : *Brachyerix incertis*	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Hypohippus affinis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Hypohippus : *Anchitherium affinis*	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Megahippus mckennai species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Megahippus : *Megahippus mckennai*	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Merychippus calamarius species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Equidae : Merychippus : *Merychippus calamarius*	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Peraceras superciliosum species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Perissodactyla : Rhinocerotidae : Peraceras : *Peraceras superciliosum*	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Gomphotheriidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Proboscidea : Gomphotheriidae	23.03 - 5.333 Ma Miocene
Copemys sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : *Copemys*	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Mylagaulidae family	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Mylagaulidae	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene
Tamias ateles species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Tamias : *Eutamias ateles*	15.97 - 13.6 Ma Miocene

References

Henshaw P. C. (1942) A Tertiary mammalian fauna from the San Antonio Mountains near Tonopah, Nevada, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 530 5, 77-168

Macdonald J. R., Pelletier W. J. (1958) The Pliocene mammalian faunas of Nevada, U.S.A, Paleontologia, taxonomia y evolucion. Cuidad de Mexico: International Geological Congress, 1956 Report of the 7th Session 7, 365-388

Dawson M. R. (1958) Later Tertiary Leoporidae of North America, University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Vertebrata 6, 1-75

Rich T. H. V. (1981) Origin and History of the Erinaceinae and Brachyericinae (Mammalia, Insectivora) in North America, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 171 1, 1-116

Forsten A. (1991) Size trends in Holarctic anchitherines (Mammalia, Equidae), Journal of Paleontology 65 1, 147-159

Wang X., Tedford R. H., et al (1999) Phylogenetic systematics of the Borophaginae (Carnivora: Canidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 243, 1-392

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

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