Sheep Creek Formation

The Sheep Creek Formation is a geologic formation in Nebraska. It preserves fossils dating back to the Neogene period.

List of Fossil Species

Birds

Accipitriformes +Genus Species FamilyStratigraphic PositionMaterialNotes ImagesNeophrontops N. vetustusAccipitridaemiddleUrubitinga U. enectaAccipitridaemiddle

Charadriiformes +Genus Species FamilyStratigraphic PositionMaterialNotes ImagesBurhinus B. lucorumBurhinidaemiddle

Falconiformes +Genus Species FamilyStratigraphic PositionMaterialNotes ImagesPediohierax P. ramentaFalconidaemiddle

Gruiformes +Genus Species FamilyStratigraphic PositionMaterialNotes ImagesAramornis A. longurioAramidaemiddle Psittaciformes +Genus Species FamilyStratigraphic PositionMaterialNotes ImagesConuropsis C. fraterculaPsittacidaemiddle Mammals

Artiodactyls +Genus Species FamilyStratigraphic PositionMaterialNotes ImagesMerycodus M. minorAntilocapridaemiddleM. sabulonislowerParacosoryxP. wilsoniAntilocapridaelowerParamiolabis P. tenuisCamelidaemiddleProtolabis P. saxeusCamelidaemiddlePseudoparablastomeryxP. scottiHypertragulidaemiddleBrachycrus B. buwaldiMerycoidodontidaemiddlelowerB. wilsonilowerMerychyus M. relictusMerycoidodontidaemiddlelowerBlastomeryx B. gemmiferMoschidaemiddlelowerB. antilopinusmiddlelowerBouromeryx B. americanusPalaeomerycidaemiddlelowerB. submillerilowerSinclairomeryxS. ripariusPalaeomerycidaemiddlelowerLambdocerasL. spProtoceratidaemiddleHesperhysH. vagransTayassuidaemiddlePlatygonusP. pollenaeTayassuidaemiddleProsthennopsP. xiphodonticusTayassuidaemiddle

Carnivorans +Genus Species FamilyStratigraphic PositionMaterialNotes ImagesAmphicyonA. frendensAmphicyonidaemiddleCynelosC. idoneusAmphicyonidaemiddlePliocyonP. spAmphicyonidaemiddleCynarctoides C. acridensCanidaemiddlelowerLeptocyon L. leidyiCanidaemiddlelowerOsbornodon O. frickiCanidaemiddlelowerProtomarctus P. optatusCanidaemiddlelowerPseudaelurusP. intrepidusFelidaemiddleP. validusmiddlelowerBrachypsalis B. matutinusMustelidaemiddleDinogale D. siouxensisMustelidaemiddleMionictisM. letiferMustelidaemiddle

Perissodactyla +Genus Species FamilyStratigraphic PositionMaterialNotes ImagesTylocephalonyxT. skinneriChalicotheridaemiddlelowerAcritohippus A. tertiusEquidaemiddlelowerArchaeohippus A. penultimusEquidaemiddlelowerMerychippus M. primusEquidaemiddlelowerAphelops A. megalodumRhinocerotidaemiddlelowerPeracerasP. profectumRhinocerotidaemiddleTeleocerasT. americanumRhinocerotidaemiddlelower

Eulipotyphla +Genus Species FamilyStratigraphic PositionMaterialNotes ImagesScalopoides S. isodensTalpidaeMesoscalopsM. scopelotemosProscalopidaeBrachyerix B. macrotisErinaceidaelower

Chiroptera +Genus Species FamilyStratigraphic PositionMaterialNotes ImagesMyotis M. spVespertilionidae Lagomorpha +Genus Species FamilyStratigraphic PositionMaterialNotes ImagesHypolagusH. spLeporidaeOreolagus O. nebrascensisOchotonidae Rodentia +Genus Species FamilyStratigraphic PositionMaterialNotes ImagesAlphagaulus A. vetusMylagaulidaemiddleGalbreathia G. novellusMylagaulidaemiddleHarrymysH. magnusHeteromyidaePeridiomys P. rusticusHeteromyidaeMiospermophilusM. wyomingensisSciuridaeProtospermophilus P. kelloggiSciuridaeSchaubeumys S. sabraeZapodidae

Reptiles Testudines +Genus Species FamilyStratigraphic PositionMaterialNotes ImagesHesperotestudo H. angusticepsTestudinidaemiddle

Sheep Creek Formation

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