Sheep Creek Formation
78 distinct taxa, from 167 fossil occurrences the Paleobiology Database records under this name, spanning 19–16 Mya.
Nebraska · US
78 taxa · 167 fossils · 19–16 MyaMembers recorded: middle, lower.
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3 distinct localities, where the rock is now rather than where it was laid down. Tectonics draws the world it belonged to.
When
What has been found
- Aphelops megalodus
- Protomarctus optatus
- Tylocephalonyx skinneri
- Archaeohippus penultimus
- Teleoceras americanum
- Merychyus relictus
- Acritohippus tertius
- Leptocyon leidyi
- Merychippus primus
- Osbornodon fricki
- Bouromeryx americanus
- Brachycrus laticeps
- Cynarctoides acridens
- Amphicyon
- Blastomeryx gemmifer
- Sinclairomeryx riparius
- Subdromomeryx antilopinus
- Alphagaulus vetus
- Cynelos
- Merycodus sabulonis
- Mesogaulus novellus
- Pliocyon
- Pseudaelurus validus
- Adeloblarina
- Amphicyon frendens
- Anchitheriinae
- Aramornis longurio
- Archaeolaginae
- Bouromeryx submilleri
- Brachyerix
- Brachyerix macrotis
- Brachypsalis matutinus
- Burhinus lucorum
- Buteogallus
- Chalicotheriidae
- Conuropsis fratercula
- Cosoryx (Paracosoryx) wilsoni
- Cupidinimus
- Cynelos idoneus
- Cyrtonyx cooki
The 40 most often recorded, of 78.
What else lived thenRank the rock of a period
Counts are of occurrence records, which measure the rock and the fieldwork together.